malik
/malik/ · plural malikle
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 — Traditionally one who foretold the future by reading fingernails.
- malik aythança — as the soothsayer said
- malik tırnaqlağa qaradı — the diviner looked at the fingernails
- malik bolğan qart — an old man who was a diviner
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | malikthe healer | maligimmy healer | maligiŋyour healer | maligihis healer | maligibizour healer | maligigizyou all's healer | malikleritheir healers |
| Genitive | maliknithe healer's | maligimimy healer's | maligiŋiyour healer's | maliginihis healer's | maligibizniour healer's | maligigizniyou all's healer's | maliklerinitheir healers' |
| Accusative | maliknithe healer (as the object) | maligimimy healer (as the object) | maligiŋiyour healer (as the object) | maliginhis healer (as the object) | maligibizniour healer (as the object) | maligigizniyou all's healer (as the object) | maliklerintheir healers (as the object) |
| Dative | malikgeto the healer | maligimeto my healer | maligiŋeto your healer | maligineto his healer | maligibizgeto our healer | maligigizgeto you all's healer | maliklerineto their healers |
| Locative | malikdein / at the healer | maligimdein / at my healer | maligiŋdein / at your healer | maligindein / at his healer | maligibizdein / at our healer | maligigizdein / at you all's healer | maliklerindein / at their healers |
| Ablative | malikdenfrom the healer | maligimdenfrom my healer | maligiŋdenfrom your healer | maligindenfrom his healer | maligibizdenfrom our healer | maligigizdenfrom you all's healer | maliklerindenfrom their healers |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | maliklethe healers | maliklerimmy healers | malikleriŋyour healers | maliklerihis healers | malikleribizour healers | maliklerigizyou all's healers | malikleritheir healers |
| Genitive | maliklenithe healers' | maliklerimimy healers' | malikleriŋiyour healers' | maliklerinihis healers' | malikleribizniour healers' | maliklerigizniyou all's healers' | maliklerinitheir healers' |
| Accusative | maliklenithe healers (as the object) | maliklerimimy healers (as the object) | malikleriŋiyour healers (as the object) | maliklerinhis healers (as the object) | malikleribizniour healers (as the object) | maliklerigizniyou all's healers (as the object) | maliklerintheir healers (as the object) |
| Dative | maliklegeto the healers | maliklerimeto my healers | malikleriŋeto your healers | maliklerineto his healers | malikleribizgeto our healers | maliklerigizgeto you all's healers | maliklerineto their healers |
| Locative | malikledein / at the healers | maliklerimdein / at my healers | malikleriŋdein / at your healers | maliklerindein / at his healers | malikleribizdein / at our healers | maliklerigizdein / at you all's healers | maliklerindein / at their healers |
| Ablative | malikledenfrom the healers | maliklerimdenfrom my healers | malikleriŋdenfrom your healers | maliklerindenfrom his healers | malikleribizdenfrom our healers | maliklerigizdenfrom you all's healers | maliklerindenfrom their 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.
Whose it is
| Case | one thing, one owner | several things, one owner | one thing, several owners | several things, several owners |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | maliknikithe healer's one | maliknikilethe healer's ones | maliklenikithe healers' one | maliklenikilethe healers' ones |
| Genitive | maliknikiniof the healer's one | maliknikileniof the healer's ones | maliklenikiniof the healers' one | maliklenikileniof the healers' ones |
| Accusative | maliknikinthe healer's one (as the object) | maliknikilenithe healer's ones (as the object) | maliklenikinthe healers' one (as the object) | maliklenikilenithe healers' ones (as the object) |
| Dative | maliknikineto the healer's one | maliknikilegeto the healer's ones | maliklenikineto the healers' one | maliklenikilegeto the healers' ones |
| Locative | maliknikindein / at the healer's one | maliknikiledein / at the healer's ones | maliklenikindein / at the healers' one | maliklenikiledein / at the healers' ones |
| Ablative | maliknikindenfrom the healer's one | maliknikiledenfrom the healer's ones | maliklenikindenfrom the healers' one | maliklenikiledenfrom the healers' ones |
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.