metr
/metr/ · plural metrle
1. meter, the base unit of length (100 centimeters) — Used attributively for size and measurement: eki metr bolğan "two meters long"; ölçeleni metr sisteması "the metric system of measures".
- eki metr bolğan — two meters long
- jüz metrden artıq bolur edi — it would be more than a hundred meters
- Çirik kölnü uzunluğu 235 metr — the length of Lake Chirik is 235 meters
- ölçeleni metr sisteması — the metric system of measures
2. meter rule, ruler, a measuring stick graduated in centimeters and millimeters
- büklenŋen metr — a folding meter rule
- jıyılğan metrni jay — unfold the folded meter rule
- metrni hurjunundan çığardı — he took the meter rule out of his pocket
- metr bla üy tübün ölçeledi — he measured the floor with the meter rule
3. meter, the rhythmic measure of a line of verse
- yamblı metr — iambic meter
- nazmunu metri tüzdü — the meter of the poem is regular
- metrni buzmay jazğandı — he wrote without breaking the meter
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | metrthe meter | metrimmy meter | metriŋyour meter | metrihis meter | metribizour meter | metrigizyou all's meter | metrleritheir meters |
| Genitive | metrnithe meter's | metrimimy meter's | metriŋiyour meter's | metrinihis meter's | metribizniour meter's | metrigizniyou all's meter's | metrlerinitheir meters' |
| Accusative | metrnithe meter (as the object) | metrimimy meter (as the object) | metriŋiyour meter (as the object) | metrinhis meter (as the object) | metribizniour meter (as the object) | metrigizniyou all's meter (as the object) | metrlerintheir meters (as the object) |
| Dative | metrgeto the meter | metrimeto my meter | metriŋeto your meter | metrineto his meter | metribizgeto our meter | metrigizgeto you all's meter | metrlerineto their meters |
| Locative | metrdein / at the meter | metrimdein / at my meter | metriŋdein / at your meter | metrindein / at his meter | metribizdein / at our meter | metrigizdein / at you all's meter | metrlerindein / at their meters |
| Ablative | metrdenfrom the meter | metrimdenfrom my meter | metriŋdenfrom your meter | metrindenfrom his meter | metribizdenfrom our meter | metrigizdenfrom you all's meter | metrlerindenfrom their meters |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | metrlethe meters | metrlerimmy meters | metrleriŋyour meters | metrlerihis meters | metrleribizour meters | metrlerigizyou all's meters | metrleritheir meters |
| Genitive | metrlenithe meters' | metrlerimimy meters' | metrleriŋiyour meters' | metrlerinihis meters' | metrleribizniour meters' | metrlerigizniyou all's meters' | metrlerinitheir meters' |
| Accusative | metrlenithe meters (as the object) | metrlerimimy meters (as the object) | metrleriŋiyour meters (as the object) | metrlerinhis meters (as the object) | metrleribizniour meters (as the object) | metrlerigizniyou all's meters (as the object) | metrlerintheir meters (as the object) |
| Dative | metrlegeto the meters | metrlerimeto my meters | metrleriŋeto your meters | metrlerineto his meters | metrleribizgeto our meters | metrlerigizgeto you all's meters | metrlerineto their meters |
| Locative | metrledein / at the meters | metrlerimdein / at my meters | metrleriŋdein / at your meters | metrlerindein / at his meters | metrleribizdein / at our meters | metrlerigizdein / at you all's meters | metrlerindein / at their meters |
| Ablative | metrledenfrom the meters | metrlerimdenfrom my meters | metrleriŋdenfrom your meters | metrlerindenfrom his meters | metrleribizdenfrom our meters | metrlerigizdenfrom you all's meters | metrlerindenfrom their meters |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: metrleri can mean "his / her meters", "their meter", or "their meters" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.