osal
/osal/
Definition
bad, weak, feeble, frail, sluggish, substandard
- osal at jolda qaldırır — a weak horse leaves you stranded on the road
- osal sözden saqlan, tüzün ayt — avoid bad words, speak the truth
- osal işge büsürew berilmez — approval is not granted to poor work
Origin
A word Karachay inherited from Proto-Turkic; Siemieniec-Gołaś lists it among the Proto-Turkic stock of Karachay-Balkar (2000, p. 147).Feedback
or .Degrees
| base form | osalbad |
|---|---|
| comparative — more | osalıraqworse |
| intensifier — very | bek osalvery bad |
| superlative — most | em osalthe worst |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden osaldı — "compared to me, he is bad."
Saying it about someone
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | men osalmaI am bad | biz osalbızwe are bad |
| 2nd person | sen osalsayou are bad | siz osalsızyou all are bad |
| 3rd person | ol osaldıhe / she / it is bad | ala osaldılathey are bad |
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu osaldıthis is bad | bıla osaldılathese are bad |
| that / those | ol osaldıthat / it is bad | ala osaldılathose / they are bad |
| mine | meniki osaldımine is bad | menikile osaldılamine are bad |
| yours | seniki osaldıyours is bad | senikile osaldılayours are bad |
| ours | bizniki osaldıours is bad | biznikile osaldılaours are bad |