malik
/malik/
Definitions
1. healer, folk physician, bone-setter
- malik çaqırırğa — to call a healer
- malikge eltirge — to take someone to the healer
- malikni sözü — the healer's word
2. soothsayer, diviner
- malik aythança — as the soothsayer said
- malik bolğan qart — an old man who was a diviner
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | malikthe healer | maliklethe healers | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | maliknithe healer's | maliklenithe healers' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | maliknithe healer (as the object) | maliklenithe healers (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | malikgeto the healer | maliklegeto the healers | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | malikdeat / in the healer | malikledeat / in the healers | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | malikdenfrom the healer | malikledenfrom the healers | 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 | maligimmy healer | maliklerimmy healers |
| your | maligingyour healer | malikleringyour healers |
| his / her | maligihis / her healer | maliklerihis / her healers |
| our | maligibizour healer | malikleribizour healers |
| you all's | maligigizyou all's healer | maliklerigizyou all's healers |
| their | malikleritheir healer | malikleritheir healers |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: malikleri can mean "his / her healers", "their healer", or "their healers" — context decides.