loqum
/loqum/
Definitions
1. fried pastry, a sweet pastry fried in fat
- jawda bişgen loqum — a pastry fried in butter
- loqum bişerge — to fry pastries
- tatlı loqum — a sweet pastry
2. diamonds, one of the four suits of playing cards
- loqum tuz — the ace of diamonds
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | loqumthe fried pastry | loqumlathe fried pastries | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | loqumnuthe fried pastry's | loqumlanıthe fried pastries' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | loqumnuthe fried pastry (as the object) | loqumlanıthe fried pastries (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | loqumğato the fried pastry | loqumlağato the fried pastries | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | loqumdaat / in the fried pastry | loqumladaat / in the fried pastries | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | loqumdanfrom the fried pastry | loqumladanfrom the fried pastries | 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 | loqumummy fried pastry | loqumlarımmy fried pastries |
| your | loqumungyour fried pastry | loqumlarıngyour fried pastries |
| his / her | loqumuhis / her fried pastry | loqumlarıhis / her fried pastries |
| our | loqumubuzour fried pastry | loqumlarıbızour fried pastries |
| you all's | loqumuğuzyou all's fried pastry | loqumlarığızyou all's fried pastries |
| their | loqumlarıtheir fried pastry | loqumlarıtheir fried pastries |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: loqumları can mean "his / her fried pastries", "their fried pastry", or "their fried pastries" — context decides.