mılı
/mɯlɯ/
Definitions
1. damp, slightly wet but not soaked
- bılayı mılıdı — it is damp here
- mılı qolla — damp hands
- mılı jerde kırdık ariw öser — grass grows well on damp ground
2. moisture, the wetness held in the ground or in the air
- jerni mılısı — the moisture in the ground
- terek tamırla jerden mılı aladıla — the tree roots draw moisture from the ground
- mılı bolurğa — to take up moisture
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Degrees
| base form | mılıdamp |
|---|---|
| comparative — more | mılıraqdamper |
| intensifier — very | bek mılıvery damp |
| superlative — most | em mılıthe dampest |
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu mılıdıthis is damp | bıla mılıdılathese are damp |
| that / those | ol mılıdıthat / it is damp | ala mılıdılathose / they are damp |
| mine | meniki mılıdımine is damp | menikile mılıdılamine are damp |
| yours | seniki mılıdıyours is damp | senikile mılıdılayours are damp |
| ours | bizniki mılıdıours is damp | biznikile mılıdılaours are damp |
As a noun
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mılıthe moisture | mılılathe moistures | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | mılınıthe moisture's | mılılanıthe moistures' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | mılınıthe moisture (as the object) | mılılanıthe moistures (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | mılığato the moisture | mılılağato the moistures | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | mılıdaat / in the moisture | mılıladaat / in the moistures | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | mılıdanfrom the moisture | mılıladanfrom the moistures | 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 | mılımmy moisture | mılılarımmy moistures |
| your | mılıngyour moisture | mılılarıngyour moistures |
| his / her | mılısıhis / her moisture | mılılarıhis / her moistures |
| our | mılıbızour moisture | mılılarıbızour moistures |
| you all's | mılığızyou all's moisture | mılılarığızyou all's moistures |
| their | mılılarıtheir moisture | mılılarıtheir moistures |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: mılıları can mean "his / her moistures", "their moisture", or "their moistures" — context decides.