metr
/metr/
Definitions
1. metre, the base unit of length
- ölçeleni metr sisteması — the metric system of measures
- eki metr bolğan — two metres long
- jüz metrden artıq uzunluğu — its length more than a hundred metres
2. metre rule, a graduated measuring stick
- büklengen metr — a folding metre rule
- metr bla üy tübün ölçeledi — with the metre rule he measured the floor
- metrni hurzhunundan çığardı — he took the metre rule out of his pocket
3. metre, the rhythmic measure of a line of verse
- yamblı metr — iambic metre
- nazmunu metri tüzdü — the metre of the poem is regular
- metrni buzmay jazğandı — he wrote without breaking the metre
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| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | metrthe metre | metrlethe metres | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | metrnithe metre's | metrlenithe metres' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | metrnithe metre (as the object) | metrlenithe metres (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | metrgeto the metre | metrlegeto the metres | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | metrdeat / in the metre | metrledeat / in the metres | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | metrdenfrom the metre | metrledenfrom the metres | 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 | metrimmy metre | metrlerimmy metres |
| your | metringyour metre | metrleringyour metres |
| his / her | metrihis / her metre | metrlerihis / her metres |
| our | metribizour metre | metrleribizour metres |
| you all's | metrigizyou all's metre | metrlerigizyou all's metres |
| their | metrleritheir metre | metrleritheir metres |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: metrleri can mean "his / her metres", "their metre", or "their metres" — context decides.