ortaq
/ortaq/
1. shared, common, joint, held or used by several people together — Proverb: ortaq atdan tay igi 'better your own foal than a horse held in common'.
- ortaq mülk — common property
- ortaq eşekle — donkeys owned in common
- bilim kimge da ortaqdı — knowledge is common to everyone
- kişi bla ortaq kiyim kiyme — do not wear clothing shared with another
- ortaq atdan tay igi — better a foal of one's own than a horse held in common
- ortaq ögüzden ençi buzow aşhı — a calf of one's own is better than a shared ox
2. tenancy, lease, use of land, a house or livestock for a set term against payment; sharecropping — Common phrases: ortaqğa alırğa 'take on lease, rent', ortaqğa berirge 'lease out'. Before another noun it means leased or rented: ortaq jer 'leased land', ortaq mal 'leased livestock', ortaq üy 'rented house'.
- ortaqğa alırğa — to take on lease
- ortaqğa berirge — to let out on lease
- tükenleribizden birin ortaqğa berirge — to let out one of our shops on lease
- jerlerini jartısın ortaqğa bergendi — he let out half his lands on lease
- ortaq alğan adam — a person who has taken a lease
Expressions
- ögüz öldü, ortaqdan ayırıldıq — our tie is broken
As an adjective
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki ortaqdımine is shared | seniki ortaqdıyours is shared | anıqı ortaqdıhis is shared | bizniki ortaqdıours is shared | sizniki ortaqdıyours (pl.) is shared | alanıqı ortaqdıtheirs is shared |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile ortaqdılamine are shared | senikile ortaqdılayours are shared | anıqıla ortaqdılahis are shared | biznikile ortaqdılaours are shared | siznikile ortaqdılayours (pl.) are shared | alanıqıla ortaqdılatheirs are shared |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu ortaqdı, bıla ortaqdıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".
As a noun
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ortaqthe tenancy | ortağımmy tenancy | ortağıŋyour tenancy | ortağıhis tenancy | ortağıbızour tenancy | ortağığızyou all's tenancy | ortaqlarıtheir tenancies |
| Genitive | ortaqnıthe tenancy's | ortağımımy tenancy's | ortağıŋıyour tenancy's | ortağınıhis tenancy's | ortağıbıznıour tenancy's | ortağığıznıyou all's tenancy's | ortaqlarınıtheir tenancies' |
| Accusative | ortaqnıthe tenancy (as the object) | ortağımımy tenancy (as the object) | ortağıŋıyour tenancy (as the object) | ortağınhis tenancy (as the object) | ortağıbıznıour tenancy (as the object) | ortağığıznıyou all's tenancy (as the object) | ortaqlarıntheir tenancies (as the object) |
| Dative | ortaqğato the tenancy | ortağımato my tenancy | ortağıŋato your tenancy | ortağınato his tenancy | ortağıbızğato our tenancy | ortağığızğato you all's tenancy | ortaqlarınato their tenancies |
| Locative | ortaqdain / at the tenancy | ortağımdain / at my tenancy | ortağıŋdain / at your tenancy | ortağındain / at his tenancy | ortağıbızdain / at our tenancy | ortağığızdain / at you all's tenancy | ortaqlarındain / at their tenancies |
| Ablative | ortaqdanfrom the tenancy | ortağımdanfrom my tenancy | ortağıŋdanfrom your tenancy | ortağındanfrom his tenancy | ortağıbızdanfrom our tenancy | ortağığızdanfrom you all's tenancy | ortaqlarındanfrom their tenancies |
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.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.