qab
/qab/
Balkar spelling: qap
1. pumpkin, gourd — Also used before another noun: qab urluq pumpkin seeds. haji qab is a variety of round pumpkin.
- bişgen qab — boiled pumpkin
- qab urluq — pumpkin seeds
- haji qab — a variety of round pumpkin
- qab jib — pumpkin vines
2. case, cover, sheath, casing, housing; covering, skin, rind
- ağaç qab — a wooden case
- qılıçnı qabı — the sheath of a sword
- qol qab — glove, mitten
- közlügümü qabına saldım — I put my glasses in their case
- şkok qabındadı — the gun is in its case
- jılan qab — snake scales
- qurt qab — cocoon
- qab awuşdururğa — to shed the skin
3. shell, outer shell, carapace — The hard outer covering of a tortoise, a snail, an insect and the like.
- taş maqanı qabı — the tortoise's shell
- taş maqanı qabın sındırğan qıyındı — it is hard to break a tortoise's shell
4. protective pad, padding — A pad shaped to fit a part of the body of a person or an animal. one source
- tobuqlarına teri qabla kiygen — wearing leather pads on their knees
- tobuğuna qab bayladı — he tied a pad onto his knee
5. bag or sack made from an animal's skin stripped off whole one source
- qoçhar qabın berdi — gave his ram-skin bag
6. guise, outward form, shape, mask — başha qabha kirirge be transformed, take on another form. In folklore it means turn into someone, as in it qabına kirirge turn into a dog.
- başha qabha kirirge — to take on a different form
- el başha qabha kirgendi — the village has taken on a different form
- it qabına kirirge — to take the form of a dog
- it qabha kiyirirge — to turn someone into a dog
7. bounds, limits — qabdan çıqma do not overstep the bounds. birewnü qabına jıyarğa put someone in their place.
- qabdan çıqma — do not overstep the bounds
- bir qabha sıyınmağan — not fitting within any bounds
- qabda tutarğa — to keep within bounds
- qabıŋa jıyayım da men seni! — I'll put you in your place!
8. way of life, mode of existence one source
- eski qabıŋı üsüŋden taşladıŋ — you threw off your old way of life
9. pericardium, the membrane enclosing the heart one source
- jüregi qabından çığarğa jete — his heart nearly leaps out of its pericardium
Expressions
- meteke qabına kirgenley — keeping to oneself
- meteke qabından jiyirgenŋenley — disgusted with oneself
- qabına kirirge — adapt to circumstances
- qabında tururğa — know one's limits