mawlut
/mawlut/
Definitions
1. mawlut, the prayer and the meal held in memory of a person who has died
- mawlutha qatışırğa — to take part in a mawlut
- mawlutdan kelirge — to come back from a mawlut
- mawlut tepsi — the mawlut table
2. the festival of the Prophet's birth
- mawlut keçe — the night of the mawlut
- mawlut bayram — the mawlut feast
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mawlutthe mawlut | mawlutlathe mawluts | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | mawlutnuthe mawlut's | mawlutlanıthe mawluts' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | mawlutnuthe mawlut (as the object) | mawlutlanıthe mawluts (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | mawluthato the mawlut | mawlutlağato the mawluts | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | mawlutdaat / in the mawlut | mawlutladaat / in the mawluts | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | mawlutdanfrom the mawlut | mawlutladanfrom the mawluts | 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 | mawlutummy mawlut | mawlutlarımmy mawluts |
| your | mawlutungyour mawlut | mawlutlarıngyour mawluts |
| his / her | mawlutuhis / her mawlut | mawlutlarıhis / her mawluts |
| our | mawlutubuzour mawlut | mawlutlarıbızour mawluts |
| you all's | mawlutuğuzyou all's mawlut | mawlutlarığızyou all's mawluts |
| their | mawlutlarıtheir mawlut | mawlutlarıtheir mawluts |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: mawlutları can mean "his / her mawluts", "their mawlut", or "their mawluts" — context decides.