mişaw
/miʃaw/
Definitions
1. sad and downcast, sunk in low spirits
- mişaw adam — a downcast person
- mişaw bolurğa — to grow downcast
- mişaw bolğandı — he has become downcast
2. such as to induce low spirits; dreary, cheerless
- mişaw jol — a dreary road
- mişaw kün — a cheerless day
- mişaw jırla — cheerless songs
3. sadness, sorrow, dejection
- jüregi mişaw boldu — his heart filled with sorrow
- jüregin mişaw alğandı — sorrow has taken hold of his heart
- közlerinde mişaw körünedi — sorrow shows in his eyes
- mişawdan qutulurğa — to be free of sorrow
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or .As an adjective
Degrees
| base form | mişawsad |
|---|---|
| comparative — more | mişawraqsadder |
| intensifier — very | bek mişawvery sad |
| superlative — most | em mişawthe saddest |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden mişawdu — "compared to me, he is sad."
Saying it about someone
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | men mişawmaI am sad | biz mişawbuzwe are sad |
| 2nd person | sen mişawsayou are sad | siz mişawsuzyou all are sad |
| 3rd person | ol mişawduhe / she / it is sad | ala mişawdulathey are sad |
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu mişawduthis is sad | bıla mişawdulathese are sad |
| that / those | ol mişawduthat / it is sad | ala mişawdulathose / they are sad |
| mine | meniki mişawdumine is sad | menikile mişawdulamine are sad |
| yours | seniki mişawduyours is sad | senikile mişawdulayours are sad |
| ours | bizniki mişawduours is sad | biznikile mişawdulaours are sad |
As a noun
Cases
| Form | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mişawthe sadness | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | mişawnuthe sadness' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | mişawnuthe sadness (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | mişawğato the sadness | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | mişawdaat / in the sadness | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | mişawdanfrom the sadness | 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
| Owned | |
|---|---|
| my | mişawummy sadness |
| your | mişawungyour sadness |
| his / her | mişawuhis / her sadness |
| our | mişawubuzour sadness |
| you all's | mişawuğuzyou all's sadness |
| their | mişawlarıtheir sadness |
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.