malköz
/malkøz/
Definitions
1. greedy, grasping after goods and property
- malköz adam — a greedy man
- asırı malközden toymaydı — out of sheer greed he is never satisfied
- malköz bolma — do not be greedy
2. profiteer, one who takes for himself more than his share
- elde malközle da tübeydile — in the village graspers are met with too
- malköznü qolu uzundu — the grasper's hand is long
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or .As an adjective
Degrees
| base form | malközgreedy |
|---|---|
| comparative — more | malközürekgreedier |
| intensifier — very | bek malközvery greedy |
| superlative — most | em malközthe greediest |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden malközdü — "compared to me, he is greedy."
Saying it about someone
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | men malközmeI am greedy | biz malközbüzwe are greedy |
| 2nd person | sen malközseyou are greedy | siz malközsüzyou all are greedy |
| 3rd person | ol malközdühe / she / it is greedy | ala malközdülethey are greedy |
As a noun
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | malközthe profiteer | malközlethe profiteers | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | malköznüthe profiteer's | malközlenithe profiteers' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | malköznüthe profiteer (as the object) | malközlenithe profiteers (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | malközgeto the profiteer | malközlegeto the profiteers | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | malközdeat / in the profiteer | malközledeat / in the profiteers | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | malközdenfrom the profiteer | malközledenfrom the profiteers | 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 | malközümmy profiteer | malközlerimmy profiteers |
| your | malközüngyour profiteer | malközleringyour profiteers |
| his / her | malközühis / her profiteer | malközlerihis / her profiteers |
| our | malközübüzour profiteer | malközleribizour profiteers |
| you all's | malközügüzyou all's profiteer | malközlerigizyou all's profiteers |
| their | malközleritheir profiteer | malközleritheir profiteers |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: malközleri can mean "his / her profiteers", "their profiteer", or "their profiteers" — context decides.