qarangı
/qaraŋɯ/
Definitions
1. dark, unlit, gloomy, murky, obscure
- qarangı keçede julduzla jarıdıla — stars shone brightly in the dark night
- qarangı üyge çıraq keltirdile — they brought a lamp into the dark room
- qarangı jolda saq basarğa kerekdi — one must tread cautiously on a dark road
2. darkness, obscurity, nightfall
- qarangı tüşerge elge jetdik — as darkness fell we reached the village
- qarangını jarıqlıq basar — light overcomes darkness
- qarangıda köz körgenin bilmez — in darkness the eye knows not what it sees
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or .As an adjective
Degrees
| base form | qarangıdark |
|---|---|
| comparative — more | qarangıraqdarker |
| intensifier — very | bek qarangıvery dark |
| superlative — most | em qarangıthe darkest |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden qarangıdı — "compared to me, he is dark."
Saying it about someone
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | men qarangımaI am dark | biz qarangıbızwe are dark |
| 2nd person | sen qarangısayou are dark | siz qarangısızyou all are dark |
| 3rd person | ol qarangıdıhe / she / it is dark | ala qarangıdılathey are dark |
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu qarangıdıthis is dark | bıla qarangıdılathese are dark |
| that / those | ol qarangıdıthat / it is dark | ala qarangıdılathose / they are dark |
| mine | meniki qarangıdımine is dark | menikile qarangıdılamine are dark |
| yours | seniki qarangıdıyours is dark | senikile qarangıdılayours are dark |
| ours | bizniki qarangıdıours is dark | biznikile qarangıdılaours are dark |
As a noun
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | qarangıthe darkness | qarangılathe darknesses | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | qarangınıthe darkness' | qarangılanıthe darknesses' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | qarangınıthe darkness (as the object) | qarangılanıthe darknesses (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | qarangığato the darkness | qarangılağato the darknesses | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | qarangıdaat / in the darkness | qarangıladaat / in the darknesses | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | qarangıdanfrom the darkness | qarangıladanfrom the darknesses | 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 | qarangımmy darkness | qarangılarımmy darknesses |
| your | qarangıngyour darkness | qarangılarıngyour darknesses |
| his / her | qarangısıhis / her darkness | qarangılarıhis / her darknesses |
| our | qarangıbızour darkness | qarangılarıbızour darknesses |
| you all's | qarangığızyou all's darkness | qarangılarığızyou all's darknesses |
| their | qarangılarıtheir darkness | qarangılarıtheir darknesses |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: qarangıları can mean "his / her darknesses", "their darkness", or "their darknesses" — context decides.