palah
/palax/ · plural palahla
1. trouble, calamity, disaster, mishap, misfortune — Before another noun it means disastrous, ruinous.
- ne palah boldu? — what trouble has happened?
- başıbızğa palah kelgendi — trouble has come upon us
- başım palahha qaldı — I fell into trouble
- palah köb adamnı joydu — the disaster destroyed many people
- ullu palah gitçe sıltawdan tuwadı — a great calamity is born of a small cause
- tabiğatnı palahı — natural disaster
- palahdan saqlanırğa duwa etdik — we prayed to be preserved from calamity
- palahdan qutulub elge jetdik — escaping misfortune, we reached the village
- palah kelgende doslıq sınalır — when trouble comes friendship is tested
2. cursed, damned, wretched — In this meaning the word stands before the noun it describes.
- ol palah kün esimdedi — I remember that cursed day
- bu palah iş boşaldı — this wretched business is over
- palah awruw ketmeydi — the cursed illness does not go away
3. fault, blame — Usually takes a possessive ending and the ablative: through someone's fault.
- bir quturğan adamnı palahından — through the fault of one rabid man
- seni palahıŋdan keçikdik — we were late through your fault
- kimni palahından boldu? — through whose fault did it happen?
- adamnı palahından — through a person's fault
4. horror, fear
- közlerinde palah bar edi — there was horror in his eyes
- palahdan qıçırdı — he cried out in horror
- palahdan qaltırayma — I am trembling with fear
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | palahthe trouble | palahımmy trouble | palahıŋyour trouble | palahıhis trouble | palahıbızour trouble | palahığızyou all's trouble | palahlarıtheir troubles |
| Genitive | palahnıthe trouble's | palahımımy trouble's | palahıŋıyour trouble's | palahınıhis trouble's | palahıbıznıour trouble's | palahığıznıyou all's trouble's | palahlarınıtheir troubles' |
| Accusative | palahnıthe trouble (as the object) | palahımımy trouble (as the object) | palahıŋıyour trouble (as the object) | palahınhis trouble (as the object) | palahıbıznıour trouble (as the object) | palahığıznıyou all's trouble (as the object) | palahlarıntheir troubles (as the object) |
| Dative | palahhato the trouble | palahımato my trouble | palahıŋato your trouble | palahınato his trouble | palahıbızğato our trouble | palahığızğato you all's trouble | palahlarınato their troubles |
| Locative | palahdain / at the trouble | palahımdain / at my trouble | palahıŋdain / at your trouble | palahındain / at his trouble | palahıbızdain / at our trouble | palahığızdain / at you all's trouble | palahlarındain / at their troubles |
| Ablative | palahdanfrom the trouble | palahımdanfrom my trouble | palahıŋdanfrom your trouble | palahındanfrom his trouble | palahıbızdanfrom our trouble | palahığızdanfrom you all's trouble | palahlarındanfrom their troubles |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | palahlathe troubles | palahlarımmy troubles | palahlarıŋyour troubles | palahlarıhis troubles | palahlarıbızour troubles | palahlarığızyou all's troubles | palahlarıtheir troubles |
| Genitive | palahlanıthe troubles' | palahlarımımy troubles' | palahlarıŋıyour troubles' | palahlarınıhis troubles' | palahlarıbıznıour troubles' | palahlarığıznıyou all's troubles' | palahlarınıtheir troubles' |
| Accusative | palahlanıthe troubles (as the object) | palahlarımımy troubles (as the object) | palahlarıŋıyour troubles (as the object) | palahlarınhis troubles (as the object) | palahlarıbıznıour troubles (as the object) | palahlarığıznıyou all's troubles (as the object) | palahlarıntheir troubles (as the object) |
| Dative | palahlağato the troubles | palahlarımato my troubles | palahlarıŋato your troubles | palahlarınato his troubles | palahlarıbızğato our troubles | palahlarığızğato you all's troubles | palahlarınato their troubles |
| Locative | palahladain / at the troubles | palahlarımdain / at my troubles | palahlarıŋdain / at your troubles | palahlarındain / at his troubles | palahlarıbızdain / at our troubles | palahlarığızdain / at you all's troubles | palahlarındain / at their troubles |
| Ablative | palahladanfrom the troubles | palahlarımdanfrom my troubles | palahlarıŋdanfrom your troubles | palahlarındanfrom his troubles | palahlarıbızdanfrom our troubles | palahlarığızdanfrom you all's troubles | palahlarındanfrom their troubles |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: palahları can mean "his / her troubles", "their trouble", or "their troubles" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.