prustop
/prustop/
Definition
district officer, the Tsarist police official set over a rural district
- zukku prustop — Zukku the district officer
- prustopha tarığırğa — to complain to the district officer
- prustopnu askeri — the district officer's men
Feedback
or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | prustopthe district officer | prustoplathe district officers | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | prustopnuthe district officer's | prustoplanıthe district officers' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | prustopnuthe district officer (as the object) | prustoplanıthe district officers (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | prustophato the district officer | prustoplağato the district officers | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | prustopdaat / in the district officer | prustopladaat / in the district officers | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | prustopdanfrom the district officer | prustopladanfrom the district officers | where it comes from; also "than" when comparing |
When to use each case
- nominative
- the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence
- genitive
- the owner — whose it is
- accusative
- a specific, known object — whom or what
- dative
- direction or recipient — to where, to whom
- locative
- where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it"
- ablative
- 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 | prustobummy district officer | prustoplarımmy district officers |
| your | prustobungyour district officer | prustoplarıngyour district officers |
| his / her | prustobuhis / her district officer | prustoplarıhis / her district officers |
| our | prustobubuzour district officer | prustoplarıbızour district officers |
| you all's | prustobuğuzyou all's district officer | prustoplarığızyou all's district officers |
| their | prustoplarıtheir district officer | prustoplarıtheir district officers |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: prustopları can mean "his / her district officers", "their district officer", or "their district officers" — context decides.