merekeb

/merekeb/

(n.) ink (Ar.) — Before another noun it means ink or for ink: merekeb orun and merekeb şışa mean inkwell, and merekeb tamğa means ink stain. The Balkar equivalent is şaqa.

qızıl merekeb — red ink
qara merekeb bla jazdı — he wrote in black ink
bu qağıtda merekeb jayılıb ketedi — on this paper the ink spreads
merekeb orun — an inkwell
merekeb şışa — an ink bottle
merekeb tamğa — an ink stain

Cases and owners

Singular — cases of merekeb, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	merekebthe ink	merekebimmy ink	merekebiŋyour ink	merekebihis ink	merekebibizour ink	merekebigizyou all's ink	merekebleritheir inks
Genitive	merekebnithe ink's	merekebimimy ink's	merekebiŋiyour ink's	merekebinihis ink's	merekebibizniour ink's	merekebigizniyou all's ink's	merekeblerinitheir inks'
Accusative	merekebnithe ink (as the object)	merekebimimy ink (as the object)	merekebiŋiyour ink (as the object)	merekebinhis ink (as the object)	merekebibizniour ink (as the object)	merekebigizniyou all's ink (as the object)	merekeblerintheir inks (as the object)
Dative	merekebgeto the ink	merekebimeto my ink	merekebiŋeto your ink	merekebineto his ink	merekebibizgeto our ink	merekebigizgeto you all's ink	merekeblerineto their inks
Locative	merekebdein / at the ink	merekebimdein / at my ink	merekebiŋdein / at your ink	merekebindein / at his ink	merekebibizdein / at our ink	merekebigizdein / at you all's ink	merekeblerindein / at their inks
Ablative	merekebdenfrom the ink	merekebimdenfrom my ink	merekebiŋdenfrom your ink	merekebindenfrom his ink	merekebibizdenfrom our ink	merekebigizdenfrom you all's ink	merekeblerindenfrom their inks

There is no plural of this word. The ending would attach like any other — it is the word, not the grammar, that refuses: this is not something Karachay counts.

The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.