lisan
/lisan/
Definition
warm rain, a warm spring or summer rain, a shower falling in sunshine — Elbrusoid glosses the headword 'тёплый дождь (весенний или летний); грибной дождь' with no example; the collocation лисан джангур is authored. Nevruz-1991 glosses the headword as Turkish nisan 'April', which no Russian-side source confirms
- lisan jangur — a warm spring rain
- jazda lisan jangur jawadı — in spring a warm rain falls
- lisan jangurdan sora — after the warm rain
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lisanthe warm rain | lisanlathe warm rains | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | lisannıthe warm rain's | lisanlanıthe warm rains' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | lisannıthe warm rain (as the object) | lisanlanıthe warm rains (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | lisangato the warm rain | lisanlağato the warm rains | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | lisandaat / in the warm rain | lisanladaat / in the warm rains | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | lisandanfrom the warm rain | lisanladanfrom the warm rains | 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 | lisanımmy warm rain | lisanlarımmy warm rains |
| your | lisanıngyour warm rain | lisanlarıngyour warm rains |
| his / her | lisanıhis / her warm rain | lisanlarıhis / her warm rains |
| our | lisanıbızour warm rain | lisanlarıbızour warm rains |
| you all's | lisanığızyou all's warm rain | lisanlarığızyou all's warm rains |
| their | lisanlarıtheir warm rain | lisanlarıtheir warm rains |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: lisanları can mean "his / her warm rains", "their warm rain", or "their warm rains" — context decides.