material
/material/
Definitions
1. the substance out of which a thing is made, raw material
- quruluş materialla — building materials
- materialla jetişmeydile — the materials are not enough
2. cloth, fabric sold by length for making clothes
- ariw material — fine cloth
- materialdan kiyim tigerge — to sew a garment out of cloth
3. the facts and records gathered as the basis of a piece of work
- işge kerekli material — the material needed for the work
- gazet material — newspaper material
- etnografiyadan köp material — much material from ethnography
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | materialthe material | materiallathe materials | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | materialnıthe material's | materiallanıthe materials' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | materialnıthe material (as the object) | materiallanıthe materials (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | materialğato the material | materiallağato the materials | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | materialdaat / in the material | materialladaat / in the materials | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | materialdanfrom the material | materialladanfrom the materials | 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 | materialımmy material | materiallarımmy materials |
| your | materialıngyour material | materiallarıngyour materials |
| his / her | materialıhis / her material | materiallarıhis / her materials |
| our | materialıbızour material | materiallarıbızour materials |
| you all's | materialığızyou all's material | materiallarığızyou all's materials |
| their | materiallarıtheir material | materiallarıtheir materials |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: materialları can mean "his / her materials", "their material", or "their materials" — context decides.