qap-qara
/qap-qara/
1. pitch-black, jet-black, very black — The intensive form of qara 'black'.
- qap-qara közle — pitch-black eyes
- qap-qara qaşla — jet-black eyebrows
- anı çaçı qap-qaradı — her hair is jet-black
- qap-qara keçe — a pitch-black night
- qap-qara qozuçuq — a jet-black little lamb
- qap-qara topuraqnı tübünden — from under the pitch-black soil
- beti, kösew başça, qap-qaradı — his face is pitch-black, like the end of a firebrand
2. utterly black, pitch-black — Used with bolurğa 'become' or qaralırğa 'turn black'.
- duniya qap-qara boldu — the world became utterly black
- köz tübü qap-qara qaraldı — the area under the eye turned utterly black
- suw qap-qara bolub — the water turning pitch-black
- bet sıfatı qap-qara qaralıb — his face turning utterly black
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | qap-qaramaI am pitch-black | qap-qarasayou are pitch-black | qap-qaradıhe is pitch-black | qap-qarabızwe are pitch-black | qap-qarasızyou all are pitch-black | qap-qaradılathey are pitch-black |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden qap-qaradı — "compared to me, he is pitch-black."
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki qap-qaradımine is pitch-black | seniki qap-qaradıyours is pitch-black | anıqı qap-qaradıhis is pitch-black | bizniki qap-qaradıours is pitch-black | sizniki qap-qaradıyours (pl.) is pitch-black | alanıqı qap-qaradıtheirs is pitch-black |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile qap-qaradılamine are pitch-black | senikile qap-qaradılayours are pitch-black | anıqıla qap-qaradılahis are pitch-black | biznikile qap-qaradılaours are pitch-black | siznikile qap-qaradılayours (pl.) are pitch-black | alanıqıla qap-qaradılatheirs are pitch-black |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu qap-qaradı, bıla qap-qaradıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".