lağım
/laʁɯm/
Definitions
1. a means, a way of going about something
- ne lağım eteyik? — what are we to do?
- lağım tabarğa — to find a way
- başha lağım joqdu — there is no other way
2. a trick, a ruse, a piece of cunning
- ayünü lağım bla tutdula — they caught the bear by a ruse
- lağım bla aldadı — he deceived them by a ruse
- lağımın angıladım — I saw through his trick
3. a lever, a bar used to raise a weight
- lağım bla taşnı kötürdüle — they raised the stone with a lever
- temir lağım — an iron lever
- lağımnı tutdu — he took hold of the lever
4. a contrivance, a fitted mechanism
- kesiwçü lağım — a cutting attachment
- traktorğa lağım taqdıla — they fitted an attachment to the tractor
- jangı lağım — a new contrivance
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lağımthe means | lağımlathe means | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | lağımnıthe means' | lağımlanıthe means' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | lağımnıthe means (as the object) | lağımlanıthe means (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | lağımğato the means | lağımlağato the means | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | lağımdaat / in the means | lağımladaat / in the means | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | lağımdanfrom the means | lağımladanfrom the means | where it comes from; also "than" when comparing |
When to use each case
- nominative
- the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence
- genitive
- the owner — whose it is
- accusative
- a specific, known object — whom or what
- dative
- direction or recipient — to where, to whom
- locative
- where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it"
- ablative
- where it comes from; also "than" when comparing
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.
With an owner
| One owned | Several owned | |
|---|---|---|
| my | lağımımmy means | lağımlarımmy means |
| your | lağımıngyour means | lağımlarıngyour means |
| his / her | lağımıhis / her means | lağımlarıhis / her means |
| our | lağımıbızour means | lağımlarıbızour means |
| you all's | lağımığızyou all's means | lağımlarığızyou all's means |
| their | lağımlarıtheir means | lağımlarıtheir means |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: lağımları can mean "his / her means", "their means", or "their means" — context decides.