mamuq
/mamuq/
Definitions
1. cotton, cotton plant
- mamuq sabanla — cotton fields
- mamuqnu urluğu — cotton seed
- mamuq jıyğan maşina — a cotton-picking machine
2. cotton wool, wadding
- mamuq jumuşaqdı — the cotton wool is soft
- mamuqça aq bulutla — clouds white as cotton wool
- dohtur mamuq saldı — the doctor put on cotton wool
3. very soft, downy
- mamuq qolla — gentle hands
- mamuq beti — her soft white face
- jolung mamuqdan bolsun! — may your road be soft!
Related
mamuqluhavingcotton-padded, quilted with cotton wadding; a padded jacket
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or .Cases
| Form | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mamuqthe cotton | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | mamuqnuthe cotton's | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | mamuqnuthe cotton (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | mamuqğato the cotton | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | mamuqdaat / in the cotton | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | mamuqdanfrom the cotton | 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
| Owned | |
|---|---|
| my | mamuğummy cotton |
| your | mamuğungyour cotton |
| his / her | mamuğuhis / her cotton |
| our | mamuğubuzour cotton |
| you all's | mamuğuğuzyou all's cotton |
| their | mamuqlarıtheir cotton |
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.