ölüm
/ ølym /
Definition noun death
Examples
- awruw ölüm tüyüldü — illness is not death — a proverb
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ölüm the death | ölümle the deaths | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | ölümnü the death's | ölümleni the deaths' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | ölümnü the death (as the object) | ölümleni the deaths (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | ölümge to the death | ölümlege to the deaths | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | ölümde at / in the death | ölümlede at / in the deaths | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | ölümden from the death | ölümleden from the deaths | 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 | ölümüm my death | ölümlerim my deaths |
| your | ölümüng your death | ölümlering your deaths |
| his / her | ölümü his / her death | ölümleri his / her deaths |
| our | ölümübüz our death | ölümleribiz our deaths |
| you all's | ölümügüz you all's death | ölümlerigiz you all's deaths |
| their | ölümleri their death | ölümleri their deaths |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: ölümleri can mean "his / her deaths", "their death", or "their deaths" — context decides.