qawdan
/qawdan/
1. dry standing grass, withered uncut grass — Grass left unmown that dries on the root and stands into the next year.
- malla qawdanda otlaydıla — the stock graze on the dry grass
- qoyla qawdanda otlaydıla — the sheep graze on the dry grass
- bıyıl qawdan köb bolğandı — there was a lot of dry grass this year
- künlümleni qawdanları sarğala — the dry grass of the sunny slopes turns yellow
- qawdan mal — stock kept on dry standing grass
2. winter grazing, winter pasture
- mal qışda qawdanda boladı — in winter the stock are on the winter pasture
- qawdannı qar bashandı — snow has covered the winter grazing
- qawdanŋa tıyarğa — to keep stock on winter grazing
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | qawdanthe dry standing grass | qawdanımmy dry standing grass | qawdanıŋyour dry standing grass | qawdanıhis dry standing grass | qawdanıbızour dry standing grass | qawdanığızyou all's dry standing grass | qawdanlarıtheir dry standing grasses |
| Genitive | qawdannıthe dry standing grass' | qawdanımımy dry standing grass' | qawdanıŋıyour dry standing grass' | qawdanınıhis dry standing grass' | qawdanıbıznıour dry standing grass' | qawdanığıznıyou all's dry standing grass' | qawdanlarınıtheir dry standing grasses' |
| Accusative | qawdannıthe dry standing grass (as the object) | qawdanımımy dry standing grass (as the object) | qawdanıŋıyour dry standing grass (as the object) | qawdanınhis dry standing grass (as the object) | qawdanıbıznıour dry standing grass (as the object) | qawdanığıznıyou all's dry standing grass (as the object) | qawdanlarıntheir dry standing grasses (as the object) |
| Dative | qawdanŋato the dry standing grass | qawdanımato my dry standing grass | qawdanıŋato your dry standing grass | qawdanınato his dry standing grass | qawdanıbızğato our dry standing grass | qawdanığızğato you all's dry standing grass | qawdanlarınato their dry standing grasses |
| Locative | qawdandain / at the dry standing grass | qawdanımdain / at my dry standing grass | qawdanıŋdain / at your dry standing grass | qawdanındain / at his dry standing grass | qawdanıbızdain / at our dry standing grass | qawdanığızdain / at you all's dry standing grass | qawdanlarındain / at their dry standing grasses |
| Ablative | qawdandanfrom the dry standing grass | qawdanımdanfrom my dry standing grass | qawdanıŋdanfrom your dry standing grass | qawdanındanfrom his dry standing grass | qawdanıbızdanfrom our dry standing grass | qawdanığızdanfrom you all's dry standing grass | qawdanlarındanfrom their dry standing grasses |
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.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.