küreş

/kyreʃ/ · plural küreşle

1. (n.) struggle, fight for a cause, effort against difficulties

erkinlik üçün küreş — a struggle for freedom
tüzlük üçün küreş — a struggle for justice
jaşaw küreş — the struggle of life
küreşde çınığırğa — to become hardened through struggle

2. (n.) battle, armed fight between enemy forces

küreş boşaldı — the battle ended
faşistle bla barğan küreş — the battle fought against the fascists
bir elçik üçün küreş — a battle for a small village
qatı uruş, küreş başlanŋandı — a fierce war and battle began
küreş boşalğannı bildirirge — to announce that the battle had ended

3. (n.) sporting contest, wrestling (fig.) — Recorded as Karachay usage.

küreşde birinçi orunnu alırğa — to take first place in wrestling
küreşge hazırlanıw — preparation for wrestling
eki jaşnı küreşi — the wrestling of two boys
qatı sport küreşlede — in fierce sports contests

4. (n.) inner conflict, clash of opposing feelings or thoughts (fig.) one source

içinde barğan küreş — a conflict going on within
sezimleni aralarındağı küreş — the conflict between the feelings
çüyre oyumlanı küreşi — the conflict of opposing thoughts

Sources

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Guzeev (ed.) 1996–2005 · Explanatory Dictionary of the Karachay-Balkar Language · all meanings
Guzeev 2013 · Dictionary of Homonyms of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meanings 1, 2
Khabichev (ed.) 1990 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Phrasebook · meaning 1
Nevruz 1991 · Karachay-Balkar–Turkish Dictionary · meanings 1–3
Otarov and Gabaeva 2000 · Russian–Balkar Explanatory Dictionary of Sectoral Vocabulary · meaning 1
Suyunchev and Urusbiev (eds.) 1965 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Dictionary · meaning 1
Tenishev and Suyunchev (eds.) 1989 · Karachay-Balkar–Russian Dictionary · meanings 1, 3

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Cases and owners

Singular

Singular — cases of küreş, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	küreşthe struggle	küreşimmy struggle	küreşiŋyour struggle	küreşihis struggle	küreşibizour struggle	küreşigizyou all's struggle	küreşleritheir struggles
Genitive	küreşnithe struggle's	küreşimimy struggle's	küreşiŋiyour struggle's	küreşinihis struggle's	küreşibizniour struggle's	küreşigizniyou all's struggle's	küreşlerinitheir struggles'
Accusative	küreşnithe struggle (as the object)	küreşimimy struggle (as the object)	küreşiŋiyour struggle (as the object)	küreşinhis struggle (as the object)	küreşibizniour struggle (as the object)	küreşigizniyou all's struggle (as the object)	küreşlerintheir struggles (as the object)
Dative	küreşgeto the struggle	küreşimeto my struggle	küreşiŋeto your struggle	küreşineto his struggle	küreşibizgeto our struggle	küreşigizgeto you all's struggle	küreşlerineto their struggles
Locative	küreşdein / at the struggle	küreşimdein / at my struggle	küreşiŋdein / at your struggle	küreşindein / at his struggle	küreşibizdein / at our struggle	küreşigizdein / at you all's struggle	küreşlerindein / at their struggles
Ablative	küreşdenfrom the struggle	küreşimdenfrom my struggle	küreşiŋdenfrom your struggle	küreşindenfrom his struggle	küreşibizdenfrom our struggle	küreşigizdenfrom you all's struggle	küreşlerindenfrom their struggles

Plural

Plural — cases of küreş, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	küreşlethe struggles	küreşlerimmy struggles	küreşleriŋyour struggles	küreşlerihis struggles	küreşleribizour struggles	küreşlerigizyou all's struggles	küreşleritheir struggles
Genitive	küreşlenithe struggles'	küreşlerimimy struggles'	küreşleriŋiyour struggles'	küreşlerinihis struggles'	küreşleribizniour struggles'	küreşlerigizniyou all's struggles'	küreşlerinitheir struggles'
Accusative	küreşlenithe struggles (as the object)	küreşlerimimy struggles (as the object)	küreşleriŋiyour struggles (as the object)	küreşlerinhis struggles (as the object)	küreşleribizniour struggles (as the object)	küreşlerigizniyou all's struggles (as the object)	küreşlerintheir struggles (as the object)
Dative	küreşlegeto the struggles	küreşlerimeto my struggles	küreşleriŋeto your struggles	küreşlerineto his struggles	küreşleribizgeto our struggles	küreşlerigizgeto you all's struggles	küreşlerineto their struggles
Locative	küreşledein / at the struggles	küreşlerimdein / at my struggles	küreşleriŋdein / at your struggles	küreşlerindein / at his struggles	küreşleribizdein / at our struggles	küreşlerigizdein / at you all's struggles	küreşlerindein / at their struggles
Ablative	küreşledenfrom the struggles	küreşlerimdenfrom my struggles	küreşleriŋdenfrom your struggles	küreşlerindenfrom his struggles	küreşleribizdenfrom our struggles	küreşlerigizdenfrom you all's struggles	küreşlerindenfrom their struggles

The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: küreşleri can mean "his / her struggles", "their struggle", or "their struggles" — context decides.

The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.