qandağay
/qandaʁaj/
Definitions
1. a bedbug
- qandağayla qırıladıla — the bedbugs are being killed off
- qandağaydan tolğan — full of bedbugs
- qandağay tişleydi — a bedbug bites
2. a bloodsucker, a person who lives off the labour of others
- işçileni qanın içgen qandağayla — bloodsuckers who drink the workers' blood
- qandağayla, bayla — bloodsuckers and rich men
- anı qandağay deb aytadıla — they call him a bloodsucker
3. full of vigour, robust (of the limbs and the body)
- qandağay sanla — vigorous limbs
- qandağay sanım — my vigorous body
- qandağay sanlı jaş — a young man of robust build
4. an elk
- qandağay buzowun teblegença — as an elk tramples its own calf
- qandağay artına otlağança — as an elk grazes backwards
- qandağay ağaçda jaşaydı — the elk lives in the forest
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or .As a noun
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | qandağaythe bedbug | qandağaylathe bedbugs | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | qandağaynıthe bedbug's | qandağaylanıthe bedbugs' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | qandağaynıthe bedbug (as the object) | qandağaylanıthe bedbugs (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | qandağayğato the bedbug | qandağaylağato the bedbugs | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | qandağaydaat / in the bedbug | qandağayladaat / in the bedbugs | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | qandağaydanfrom the bedbug | qandağayladanfrom the bedbugs | 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 | qandağayımmy bedbug | qandağaylarımmy bedbugs |
| your | qandağayıngyour bedbug | qandağaylarıngyour bedbugs |
| his / her | qandağayıhis / her bedbug | qandağaylarıhis / her bedbugs |
| our | qandağayıbızour bedbug | qandağaylarıbızour bedbugs |
| you all's | qandağayığızyou all's bedbug | qandağaylarığızyou all's bedbugs |
| their | qandağaylarıtheir bedbug | qandağaylarıtheir bedbugs |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: qandağayları can mean "his / her bedbugs", "their bedbug", or "their bedbugs" — context decides.
As an adjective
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu qandağaydıthis is robust | bıla qandağaydılathese are robust |
| that / those | ol qandağaydıthat / it is robust | ala qandağaydılathose / they are robust |
| mine | meniki qandağaydımine is robust | menikile qandağaydılamine are robust |
| yours | seniki qandağaydıyours is robust | senikile qandağaydılayours are robust |
| ours | bizniki qandağaydıours is robust | biznikile qandağaydılaours are robust |