malçı

/maltʃɯ/ · plural malçıla

1. (n.) livestock breeder, herdsman, cattleman (Ar.) — Before another noun it means a herdsman's or shepherd's, as in malçı tayaq "shepherd's staff".

malnı malçığa baqdır — have the herdsman look after the livestock
malçıla malların jaylıqğa sürüşedile — the herdsmen drive their livestock to the summer pasture together
aman malçını üsü kirli bolur — a bad herdsman's clothes will be dirty
malçı tawda sürüwün igi kütedi — the herdsman tends his herd well in the mountains
aşhı malçı elge bereket keltirir — a good livestock breeder brings prosperity to the village
malçını qıyını bek sıylıdı — the livestock breeder's labor is highly respected
malçı tayaq — a shepherd's staff
malçı gırjın — a herdsman's flatbread baked in ashes

2. (adj.) of or relating to animal husbandry, livestock-breeding (Ar.) — This is the noun used before another noun, as in malçı sovhoz "livestock-breeding state farm".

malçı qoşlada, mal aş köbdü — at the livestock camps, there is plenty of animal feed
malçı qoş tawda turadı — the livestock camp is in the mountains

Found in

The shepherd's work

Sources

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Guzeev (ed.) 1996–2005 · Explanatory Dictionary of the Karachay-Balkar Language · all meanings
Khabichev (ed.) 1990 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Phrasebook · meaning 1
Nevruz 1991 · Karachay-Balkar–Turkish Dictionary · meaning 1
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 · all meanings

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Cases and owners

Singular

Singular — cases of malçı, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	malçıthe herdsman	malçımmy herdsman	malçıŋyour herdsman	malçısıhis herdsman	malçıbızour herdsman	malçığızyou all's herdsman	malçılarıtheir herdsmen
Genitive	malçınıthe herdsman's	malçımımy herdsman's	malçıŋıyour herdsman's	malçısınıhis herdsman's	malçıbıznıour herdsman's	malçığıznıyou all's herdsman's	malçılarınıtheir herdsmen's
Accusative	malçınıthe herdsman (as the object)	malçımımy herdsman (as the object)	malçıŋıyour herdsman (as the object)	malçısınhis herdsman (as the object)	malçıbıznıour herdsman (as the object)	malçığıznıyou all's herdsman (as the object)	malçılarıntheir herdsmen (as the object)
Dative	malçığato the herdsman	malçımato my herdsman	malçıŋato your herdsman	malçısınato his herdsman	malçıbızğato our herdsman	malçığızğato you all's herdsman	malçılarınato their herdsmen
Locative	malçıdain / at the herdsman	malçımdain / at my herdsman	malçıŋdain / at your herdsman	malçısındain / at his herdsman	malçıbızdain / at our herdsman	malçığızdain / at you all's herdsman	malçılarındain / at their herdsmen
Ablative	malçıdanfrom the herdsman	malçımdanfrom my herdsman	malçıŋdanfrom your herdsman	malçısındanfrom his herdsman	malçıbızdanfrom our herdsman	malçığızdanfrom you all's herdsman	malçılarındanfrom their herdsmen

Plural

Plural — cases of malçı, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	malçılathe herdsmen	malçılarımmy herdsmen	malçılarıŋyour herdsmen	malçılarıhis herdsmen	malçılarıbızour herdsmen	malçılarığızyou all's herdsmen	malçılarıtheir herdsmen
Genitive	malçılanıthe herdsmen's	malçılarımımy herdsmen's	malçılarıŋıyour herdsmen's	malçılarınıhis herdsmen's	malçılarıbıznıour herdsmen's	malçılarığıznıyou all's herdsmen's	malçılarınıtheir herdsmen's
Accusative	malçılanıthe herdsmen (as the object)	malçılarımımy herdsmen (as the object)	malçılarıŋıyour herdsmen (as the object)	malçılarınhis herdsmen (as the object)	malçılarıbıznıour herdsmen (as the object)	malçılarığıznıyou all's herdsmen (as the object)	malçılarıntheir herdsmen (as the object)
Dative	malçılağato the herdsmen	malçılarımato my herdsmen	malçılarıŋato your herdsmen	malçılarınato his herdsmen	malçılarıbızğato our herdsmen	malçılarığızğato you all's herdsmen	malçılarınato their herdsmen
Locative	malçıladain / at the herdsmen	malçılarımdain / at my herdsmen	malçılarıŋdain / at your herdsmen	malçılarındain / at his herdsmen	malçılarıbızdain / at our herdsmen	malçılarığızdain / at you all's herdsmen	malçılarındain / at their herdsmen
Ablative	malçıladanfrom the herdsmen	malçılarımdanfrom my herdsmen	malçılarıŋdanfrom your herdsmen	malçılarındanfrom his herdsmen	malçılarıbızdanfrom our herdsmen	malçılarığızdanfrom you all's herdsmen	malçılarındanfrom their herdsmen

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

Whose it is

Belonging to malçı — the herdsman's one
Case	one thing, one owner	several things, one owner	one thing, several owners	several things, several owners
Nominative	malçınıqıthe herdsman's one	malçınıqılathe herdsman's ones	malçılanıqıthe herdsmen's one	malçılanıqılathe herdsmen's ones
Genitive	malçınıqınıof the herdsman's one	malçınıqılanıof the herdsman's ones	malçılanıqınıof the herdsmen's one	malçılanıqılanıof the herdsmen's ones
Accusative	malçınıqınthe herdsman's one (as the object)	malçınıqılanıthe herdsman's ones (as the object)	malçılanıqınthe herdsmen's one (as the object)	malçılanıqılanıthe herdsmen's ones (as the object)
Dative	malçınıqınato the herdsman's one	malçınıqılağato the herdsman's ones	malçılanıqınato the herdsmen's one	malçılanıqılağato the herdsmen's ones
Locative	malçınıqındain / at the herdsman's one	malçınıqıladain / at the herdsman's ones	malçılanıqındain / at the herdsmen's one	malçılanıqıladain / at the herdsmen's ones
Ablative	malçınıqındanfrom the herdsman's one	malçınıqıladanfrom the herdsman's ones	malçılanıqındanfrom the herdsmen's one	malçılanıqıladanfrom the herdsmen's ones

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