otluq
/otluq/
1. fuel, material burned to give heat or energy — Before another noun it means fuel-related ("fuel" as a modifier).
- qurğaq otluq — dry fuel
- qatı otluq — solid fuel
- suwsun otluq — liquid fuel
- qışha otluq hazırlarğa — to prepare fuel for the winter
- mülkge otluq kerekdi — the farm needs fuel
- otluqnu ayawsuz qorat — to waste fuel recklessly
2. flint — Usually in the phrase otluq taş "flint, firestone".
- otluq taş — flint, firestone
- çaqğıç bla otluq taşnı çaqdırıw — striking flint with a fire steel
- çaqğıçın, otluq taşın quwun çığardı — he took out his fire steel, his flint and his tinder
- otluq taşça bekligiŋe — to your firmness like flint
Expressions
- aydakkunu otluq taşlarıça — a great many
- otluq taş — flint
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | otluqthe fuel | otluğummy fuel | otluğuŋyour fuel | otluğuhis fuel | otluğubuzour fuel | otluğuğuzyou all's fuel | otluqlarıtheir fuels |
| Genitive | otluqnuthe fuel's | otluğumumy fuel's | otluğuŋuyour fuel's | otluğunuhis fuel's | otluğubuznuour fuel's | otluğuğuznuyou all's fuel's | otluqlarınıtheir fuels' |
| Accusative | otluqnuthe fuel (as the object) | otluğumumy fuel (as the object) | otluğuŋuyour fuel (as the object) | otluğunhis fuel (as the object) | otluğubuznuour fuel (as the object) | otluğuğuznuyou all's fuel (as the object) | otluqlarıntheir fuels (as the object) |
| Dative | otluqğato the fuel | otluğumato my fuel | otluğuŋato your fuel | otluğunato his fuel | otluğubuzğato our fuel | otluğuğuzğato you all's fuel | otluqlarınato their fuels |
| Locative | otluqdain / at the fuel | otluğumdain / at my fuel | otluğuŋdain / at your fuel | otluğundain / at his fuel | otluğubuzdain / at our fuel | otluğuğuzdain / at you all's fuel | otluqlarındain / at their fuels |
| Ablative | otluqdanfrom the fuel | otluğumdanfrom my fuel | otluğuŋdanfrom your fuel | otluğundanfrom his fuel | otluğubuzdanfrom our fuel | otluğuğuzdanfrom you all's fuel | otluqlarındanfrom their fuels |
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.