mayak
/majak/ · plural mayakla
1. a lighthouse, a beacon that guides ships
- mayaknı jarığı — the light of the lighthouse
- kemele mayaknı köredile — the ships see the lighthouse
- kemele mayakga qarab jürüydüle — ships navigate by the lighthouse
- mayak öçülgende — when the lighthouse goes out
- mayak kibik janarğa — to burn like a lighthouse
- eki julduzçuq, mayaklaça, jıltıraydıla — two little stars twinkle like lighthouses
2. an outstanding worker held up as an example to others
- bizni mayaklarıbız — our foremost workers
- fabrikanı mayagı — the factory's foremost worker
- mayak bolurğa — to become a foremost worker
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mayakthe lighthouse | mayagımmy lighthouse | mayagıŋyour lighthouse | mayagıhis lighthouse | mayagıbızour lighthouse | mayagığızyou all's lighthouse | mayaklarıtheir lighthouses |
| Genitive | mayaknıthe lighthouse's | mayagımımy lighthouse's | mayagıŋıyour lighthouse's | mayagınıhis lighthouse's | mayagıbıznıour lighthouse's | mayagığıznıyou all's lighthouse's | mayaklarınıtheir lighthouses' |
| Accusative | mayaknıthe lighthouse (as the object) | mayagımımy lighthouse (as the object) | mayagıŋıyour lighthouse (as the object) | mayagınhis lighthouse (as the object) | mayagıbıznıour lighthouse (as the object) | mayagığıznıyou all's lighthouse (as the object) | mayaklarıntheir lighthouses (as the object) |
| Dative | mayakgato the lighthouse | mayagımato my lighthouse | mayagıŋato your lighthouse | mayagınato his lighthouse | mayagıbızğato our lighthouse | mayagığızğato you all's lighthouse | mayaklarınato their lighthouses |
| Locative | mayakdain / at the lighthouse | mayagımdain / at my lighthouse | mayagıŋdain / at your lighthouse | mayagındain / at his lighthouse | mayagıbızdain / at our lighthouse | mayagığızdain / at you all's lighthouse | mayaklarındain / at their lighthouses |
| Ablative | mayakdanfrom the lighthouse | mayagımdanfrom my lighthouse | mayagıŋdanfrom your lighthouse | mayagındanfrom his lighthouse | mayagıbızdanfrom our lighthouse | mayagığızdanfrom you all's lighthouse | mayaklarındanfrom their lighthouses |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mayaklathe lighthouses | mayaklarımmy lighthouses | mayaklarıŋyour lighthouses | mayaklarıhis lighthouses | mayaklarıbızour lighthouses | mayaklarığızyou all's lighthouses | mayaklarıtheir lighthouses |
| Genitive | mayaklanıthe lighthouses' | mayaklarımımy lighthouses' | mayaklarıŋıyour lighthouses' | mayaklarınıhis lighthouses' | mayaklarıbıznıour lighthouses' | mayaklarığıznıyou all's lighthouses' | mayaklarınıtheir lighthouses' |
| Accusative | mayaklanıthe lighthouses (as the object) | mayaklarımımy lighthouses (as the object) | mayaklarıŋıyour lighthouses (as the object) | mayaklarınhis lighthouses (as the object) | mayaklarıbıznıour lighthouses (as the object) | mayaklarığıznıyou all's lighthouses (as the object) | mayaklarıntheir lighthouses (as the object) |
| Dative | mayaklağato the lighthouses | mayaklarımato my lighthouses | mayaklarıŋato your lighthouses | mayaklarınato his lighthouses | mayaklarıbızğato our lighthouses | mayaklarığızğato you all's lighthouses | mayaklarınato their lighthouses |
| Locative | mayakladain / at the lighthouses | mayaklarımdain / at my lighthouses | mayaklarıŋdain / at your lighthouses | mayaklarındain / at his lighthouses | mayaklarıbızdain / at our lighthouses | mayaklarığızdain / at you all's lighthouses | mayaklarındain / at their lighthouses |
| Ablative | mayakladanfrom the lighthouses | mayaklarımdanfrom my lighthouses | mayaklarıŋdanfrom your lighthouses | mayaklarındanfrom his lighthouses | mayaklarıbızdanfrom our lighthouses | mayaklarığızdanfrom you all's lighthouses | mayaklarındanfrom their 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.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.