mayak
/majak/
Definitions
1. a lighthouse, a beacon that guides ships
- mayaknı jarığı — the light of the lighthouse
- mayak kibik janarğa — to burn like a lighthouse
- kemele mayaknı köredile — the ships see the lighthouse
2. an outstanding worker held up as an example to others
- bizni mayaklarıbız — our foremost workers
- fabrikanı mayağı — the factory's foremost worker
- mayak bolurğa — to become a foremost worker
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mayakthe lighthouse | mayaklathe lighthouses | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | mayaknıthe lighthouse's | mayaklanıthe lighthouses' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | mayaknıthe lighthouse (as the object) | mayaklanıthe lighthouses (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | mayakhato the lighthouse | mayaklağato the lighthouses | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | mayakdaat / in the lighthouse | mayakladaat / in the lighthouses | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | mayakdanfrom the lighthouse | mayakladanfrom the lighthouses | 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 | mayagımmy lighthouse | mayaklarımmy lighthouses |
| your | mayagıngyour lighthouse | mayaklarıngyour lighthouses |
| his / her | mayagıhis / her lighthouse | mayaklarıhis / her lighthouses |
| our | mayagıbızour lighthouse | mayaklarıbızour lighthouses |
| you all's | mayagığızyou all's lighthouse | mayaklarığızyou all's lighthouses |
| their | mayaklarıtheir lighthouse | mayaklarıtheir lighthouses |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: mayakları can mean "his / her lighthouses", "their lighthouse", or "their lighthouses" — context decides.