mamuq
/mamuq/
1. cotton, cotton plant — Before another noun it means cotton, made of cotton: mamuq sabanla cotton fields, mamuq qumaç cotton fabric.
- mamuq sabanla — cotton fields
- mamuqnu urluğu — cotton seed
- mamuq ösdürüw — growing cotton
- mamuq qumaç — cotton fabric
- mamuq jıyğan maşina — a cotton-picking machine
2. cotton wool, wadding — Before another noun it means wadded, padded with cotton wool: mamuq juwurğan wadded quilt.
- mamuq jumuşaqdı — the cotton wool is soft
- mamuq juwurğan — a quilt padded with cotton wool
- mamuq töşek — a mattress stuffed with cotton wool
- mamuqça aq bulutla — clouds white as cotton wool
- doktor mamuq saldı — the doctor put on cotton wool
3. very soft, downy
- mamuq qolla — soft, gentle hands
- mamuq beti — her soft white face
- mamuq barmaqları — his soft fingers
- mamuq tüldü jaşaw jolu — the road of life is not soft
- joluŋ mamuqdan bolsun! — may your road be soft!
Expressions
- joluŋ mamuqdan — safe journey; may it go well; do as you like
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mamuqthe cotton | mamuğummy cotton | mamuğuŋyour cotton | mamuğuhis cotton | mamuğubuzour cotton | mamuğuğuzyou all's cotton | mamuqlarıtheir cottons |
| Genitive | mamuqnuthe cotton's | mamuğumumy cotton's | mamuğuŋuyour cotton's | mamuğunuhis cotton's | mamuğubuznuour cotton's | mamuğuğuznuyou all's cotton's | mamuqlarınıtheir cottons' |
| Accusative | mamuqnuthe cotton (as the object) | mamuğumumy cotton (as the object) | mamuğuŋuyour cotton (as the object) | mamuğunhis cotton (as the object) | mamuğubuznuour cotton (as the object) | mamuğuğuznuyou all's cotton (as the object) | mamuqlarıntheir cottons (as the object) |
| Dative | mamuqğato the cotton | mamuğumato my cotton | mamuğuŋato your cotton | mamuğunato his cotton | mamuğubuzğato our cotton | mamuğuğuzğato you all's cotton | mamuqlarınato their cottons |
| Locative | mamuqdain / at the cotton | mamuğumdain / at my cotton | mamuğuŋdain / at your cotton | mamuğundain / at his cotton | mamuğubuzdain / at our cotton | mamuğuğuzdain / at you all's cotton | mamuqlarındain / at their cottons |
| Ablative | mamuqdanfrom the cotton | mamuğumdanfrom my cotton | mamuğuŋdanfrom your cotton | mamuğundanfrom his cotton | mamuğubuzdanfrom our cotton | mamuğuğuzdanfrom you all's cotton | mamuqlarındanfrom their cottons |
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.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.