mıtır
/mɯtɯr/
mainly Balkar word
1. lazy, idle — Common in mıtır adam "a lazy person". Proverb: mıtır at izleginçi, jayaw jerine jetdi "while the lazy man was looking for a horse, the man on foot reached his destination". Tenishev and Suyunchev 1989 and Suyunchev and Urusbiev 1965 mark it Balkar.
- mıtır adam — a lazy person
- mıtır şkolçu — a lazy schoolchild
- ol bek mıtırdı — he is very lazy
- toyda toyçudu, işde mıtırdı — at feasts he is a feaster, at work he is lazy
- mıtır da tüyüldü — is not lazy either
2. lazybones, idler, loafer — Tenishev and Suyunchev 1989 and Suyunchev and Urusbiev 1965 mark it Balkar.
- mıtır at izleginçi — while the lazybones was looking for a horse
- mıtırnı hılikkelew — mocking a lazybones
- mıtırla işlemeydile — loafers don't work
3. lazily, sluggishly, reluctantly — Used with verbs of motion and work, as in mıtır atla "walk sluggishly" and mıtır tiedi işge "sets to work reluctantly". one source
- mıtır atla — walk sluggishly
- mıtır qımılda — move sluggishly
- mıtır tiedi işge — sets to work reluctantly
No tables are shown for Balkar meanings: the forms on this site are built by Karachay rules.