Malqar
/malqar/
1. Balkar, of the Balkars, their language, culture and history
- Malqar jır — a Balkar song
- Malqar til — the Balkar language
- Malqar tişirıw — a Balkar woman
- Malqar halqnı tarıhı — the history of the Balkar people
- Malqar adetle — Balkar customs
- Malqar qoynu eti — the meat of a Balkar sheep
2. Balkaria
- Malqarda jaşayma — I live in Balkaria
- Malqarğa jaŋı jol işlegendile — they built a new road to Balkaria
- Malqarnı aythılıq jaşı — a famous son of Balkaria
- Malqar tawladadı — Balkaria is in the mountains
- Malqardan jırla — songs from Balkaria
3. Balkar, member of the Balkar people
- Malqar qonaqçı halqdı — the Balkars are a hospitable people
- Meni teŋim Malqardı — my friend is a Balkar
Expressions
- çegem ıshıltısı, malqar basiyatı — the finest person
As an adjective
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | MalqarmaI am Balkar | Malqarsayou are Balkar | Malqardıhe is Balkar | Malqarbızwe are Balkar | Malqarsızyou all are Balkar | Malqardılathey are Balkar |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden Malqardı — "compared to me, he is Balkar."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki Malqardımine is Balkar | seniki Malqardıyours is Balkar | anıqı Malqardıhis is Balkar | bizniki Malqardıours is Balkar | sizniki Malqardıyours (pl.) is Balkar | alanıqı Malqardıtheirs is Balkar |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile Malqardılamine are Balkar | senikile Malqardılayours are Balkar | anıqıla Malqardılahis are Balkar | biznikile Malqardılaours are Balkar | siznikile Malqardılayours (pl.) are Balkar | alanıqıla Malqardılatheirs are Balkar |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu Malqardı, bıla Malqardıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".
As a noun
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Malqarthe Balkaria | Malqarımmy Balkaria | Malqarıŋyour Balkaria | Malqarıhis Balkaria | Malqarıbızour Balkaria | Malqarığızyou all's Balkaria | Malqarlarıtheir Balkarias |
| Genitive | Malqarnıthe Balkaria's | Malqarımımy Balkaria's | Malqarıŋıyour Balkaria's | Malqarınıhis Balkaria's | Malqarıbıznıour Balkaria's | Malqarığıznıyou all's Balkaria's | Malqarlarınıtheir Balkarias' |
| Accusative | Malqarnıthe Balkaria (as the object) | Malqarımımy Balkaria (as the object) | Malqarıŋıyour Balkaria (as the object) | Malqarınhis Balkaria (as the object) | Malqarıbıznıour Balkaria (as the object) | Malqarığıznıyou all's Balkaria (as the object) | Malqarlarıntheir Balkarias (as the object) |
| Dative | Malqarğato the Balkaria | Malqarımato my Balkaria | Malqarıŋato your Balkaria | Malqarınato his Balkaria | Malqarıbızğato our Balkaria | Malqarığızğato you all's Balkaria | Malqarlarınato their Balkarias |
| Locative | Malqardain / at the Balkaria | Malqarımdain / at my Balkaria | Malqarıŋdain / at your Balkaria | Malqarındain / at his Balkaria | Malqarıbızdain / at our Balkaria | Malqarığızdain / at you all's Balkaria | Malqarlarındain / at their Balkarias |
| Ablative | Malqardanfrom the Balkaria | Malqarımdanfrom my Balkaria | Malqarıŋdanfrom your Balkaria | Malqarındanfrom his Balkaria | Malqarıbızdanfrom our Balkaria | Malqarığızdanfrom you all's Balkaria | Malqarlarındanfrom their Balkarias |
There is no plural of this word. The ending would attach like any other — it is the word, not the grammar, that refuses: this is not something Karachay counts.
Whose it is
| Case | one thing, one owner | several things, one owner |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Malqarnıqıthe Balkaria's one | Malqarnıqılathe Balkaria's ones |
| Genitive | Malqarnıqınıof the Balkaria's one | Malqarnıqılanıof the Balkaria's ones |
| Accusative | Malqarnıqınthe Balkaria's one (as the object) | Malqarnıqılanıthe Balkaria's ones (as the object) |
| Dative | Malqarnıqınato the Balkaria's one | Malqarnıqılağato the Balkaria's ones |
| Locative | Malqarnıqındain / at the Balkaria's one | Malqarnıqıladain / at the Balkaria's ones |
| Ablative | Malqarnıqındanfrom the Balkaria's one | Malqarnıqıladanfrom the Balkaria's ones |
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.