melte
/melte/ · plural meltele
1. greasy, grimy, soiled with long wear — Most often said of clothing gone dark and shiny at the collar and cuffs, as in jağası meltedi "his collar is greasy". With eterge it means wear something until it is soiled.
- melte kiyim — soiled, greasy clothing
- melte qolla — grimy hands
- jağası meltedi — his collar is greasy
- kölekni jağası melte bolğandı — the shirt's collar has gone greasy
- kölekni jeŋ alları meltedile — the shirt's cuffs are greasy
- kiyimi melte bolğandı — his clothing has gone greasy and grimy
- qara melte qaptalı — his black, greasy kaftan
- kölegin melte etgende — when he has worn his shirt grimy
2. oiled cloth strip used as a wrapping or dressing — Cloth soaked in oil, wax or glue, traditionally used to wrap amulets (duwa) against water and, spread with ointment, stuck over wounds like a sticking plaster.
- duwanı melte bla tışlaw — wrapping an amulet in oiled cloth
- jarağa melte salırğa — to put an oiled dressing on the wound
- melteni üsüne darman sürtdü — he spread the medicine on the dressing
- melte alıb kel — bring some oiled cloth
As an adjective
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki meltedimine is greasy | seniki meltediyours is greasy | anıqı meltedihis is greasy | bizniki meltediours is greasy | sizniki meltediyours (pl.) is greasy | alanıqı melteditheirs is greasy |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile meltedilemine are greasy | senikile meltedileyours are greasy | anıqıla meltedilehis are greasy | biznikile meltedileours are greasy | siznikile meltedileyours (pl.) are greasy | alanıqıla meltediletheirs are greasy |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu meltedi, bıla meltedile. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".
As a noun
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | meltethe dressing | meltemmy dressing | melteŋyour dressing | meltesihis dressing | meltebizour dressing | meltegizyou all's dressing | melteleritheir dressings |
| Genitive | meltenithe dressing's | meltemimy dressing's | melteŋiyour dressing's | meltesinihis dressing's | meltebizniour dressing's | meltegizniyou all's dressing's | meltelerinitheir dressings' |
| Accusative | meltenithe dressing (as the object) | meltemimy dressing (as the object) | melteŋiyour dressing (as the object) | meltesinhis dressing (as the object) | meltebizniour dressing (as the object) | meltegizniyou all's dressing (as the object) | meltelerintheir dressings (as the object) |
| Dative | meltegeto the dressing | meltemeto my dressing | melteŋeto your dressing | meltesineto his dressing | meltebizgeto our dressing | meltegizgeto you all's dressing | meltelerineto their dressings |
| Locative | meltedein / at the dressing | meltemdein / at my dressing | melteŋdein / at your dressing | meltesindein / at his dressing | meltebizdein / at our dressing | meltegizdein / at you all's dressing | meltelerindein / at their dressings |
| Ablative | meltedenfrom the dressing | meltemdenfrom my dressing | melteŋdenfrom your dressing | meltesindenfrom his dressing | meltebizdenfrom our dressing | meltegizdenfrom you all's dressing | meltelerindenfrom their dressings |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | meltelethe dressings | meltelerimmy dressings | melteleriŋyour dressings | meltelerihis dressings | melteleribizour dressings | meltelerigizyou all's dressings | melteleritheir dressings |
| Genitive | meltelenithe dressings' | meltelerimimy dressings' | melteleriŋiyour dressings' | meltelerinihis dressings' | melteleribizniour dressings' | meltelerigizniyou all's dressings' | meltelerinitheir dressings' |
| Accusative | meltelenithe dressings (as the object) | meltelerimimy dressings (as the object) | melteleriŋiyour dressings (as the object) | meltelerinhis dressings (as the object) | melteleribizniour dressings (as the object) | meltelerigizniyou all's dressings (as the object) | meltelerintheir dressings (as the object) |
| Dative | meltelegeto the dressings | meltelerimeto my dressings | melteleriŋeto your dressings | meltelerineto his dressings | melteleribizgeto our dressings | meltelerigizgeto you all's dressings | meltelerineto their dressings |
| Locative | melteledein / at the dressings | meltelerimdein / at my dressings | melteleriŋdein / at your dressings | meltelerindein / at his dressings | melteleribizdein / at our dressings | meltelerigizdein / at you all's dressings | meltelerindein / at their dressings |
| Ablative | melteledenfrom the dressings | meltelerimdenfrom my dressings | melteleriŋdenfrom your dressings | meltelerindenfrom his dressings | melteleribizdenfrom our dressings | meltelerigizdenfrom you all's dressings | meltelerindenfrom their dressings |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: melteleri can mean "his / her dressings", "their dressing", or "their dressings" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.