minut
/minut/
Definitions
1. minute, the sixtieth part of an hour
- bir minutdan bişireyim — let me cook it in a minute
- minutha — in a minute; per minute
- beş minut saqlağız — wait five minutes
2. a brief span of time, a moment
- saqlağanga minut da köb körünür — to one who waits even a moment seems long
- ol minutda jüregim tohtadı — in that moment my heart stopped
- al minutda angıladı — he understood in the first moment
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | minutthe minute | minutlathe minutes | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | minutnuthe minute's | minutlanıthe minutes' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | minutnuthe minute (as the object) | minutlanıthe minutes (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | minuthato the minute | minutlağato the minutes | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | minutdaat / in the minute | minutladaat / in the minutes | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | minutdanfrom the minute | minutladanfrom the minutes | 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 | minutummy minute | minutlarımmy minutes |
| your | minutungyour minute | minutlarıngyour minutes |
| his / her | minutuhis / her minute | minutlarıhis / her minutes |
| our | minutubuzour minute | minutlarıbızour minutes |
| you all's | minutuğuzyou all's minute | minutlarığızyou all's minutes |
| their | minutlarıtheir minute | minutlarıtheir minutes |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: minutları can mean "his / her minutes", "their minute", or "their minutes" — context decides.