qarangılıq

/qaraŋɯlɯq/

Definitions

1.(n.) darkness, dark, gloom, murk

qarangılıqda — in the dark
keçeni qarangılığı — the darkness of the night
qarangılıq jerni basdı — darkness covered the earth

2.(n.) ignorance, illiteracy, want of learning

qarangılıqdan çığarğa — to bring out of ignorance
halqnı qarangılığı — the people's want of learning
qarangılıqda jaşağanla — those who lived in ignorance

3.(n.) backwater, remote place

qarangılıqda qalğan el — a village left in the backwater
elibiz qarangılıqda qalğandı — our village has been left a backwater
qarangılıqdan keterge — to get away from the backwater

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Cases

	Form	When to use it
nominative	qarangılıqthe darkness	the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence
genitive	qarangılıqnıthe darkness'	the owner — whose it is
accusative	qarangılıqnıthe darkness (as the object)	a specific, known object — whom or what
dative	qarangılıqğato the darkness	direction or recipient — to where, to whom
locative	qarangılıqdaat / in the darkness	where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it"
ablative	qarangılıqdanfrom the darkness	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	qarangılığımmy darkness
your	qarangılığıngyour darkness
his / her	qarangılığıhis / her darkness
our	qarangılığıbızour darkness
you all's	qarangılığığızyou all's darkness
their	qarangılıqlarıtheir darkness

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.