qalım
/qalɯm/
Definition
bride price, the payment made by a suitor to the family of the bride
- qalım berirge — to pay the bride price
- qalım izlegen qayğı izleydi — he who seeks a bride price seeks trouble
- qalım bermey qatın alıw — taking a wife without paying the bride price
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or .Cases
| Form | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | qalımthe bride price | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | qalımnıthe bride price's | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | qalımnıthe bride price (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | qalımğato the bride price | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | qalımdaat / in the bride price | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | qalımdanfrom the bride price | 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
| Owned | |
|---|---|
| my | qalımımmy bride price |
| your | qalımıngyour bride price |
| his / her | qalımıhis / her bride price |
| our | qalımıbızour bride price |
| you all's | qalımığızyou all's bride price |
| their | qalımlarıtheir bride price |
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.