qaytıw
/qajtɯw/
verbal noun of qaytırğa →
1. return, returning, coming back, going back
- üyge qaytıw — the return home
- artha qaytıw — going back
- ata jurtuna qaytıw — the return to one's homeland
- ızına terk qaytıw — a quick return back
- elge qaytıw qorquwludu — returning to the village is dangerous
- aŋa qaytıw joqdu — there is no going back to it
- qaytıw jol — the way back
2. reflection (of sound), echoing one source
- tawuşnu qaytıwu — the reflection of the sound
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | qaytıwthe returning | qaytıwummy returning | qaytıwuŋyour returning | qaytıwuhis returning | qaytıwubuzour returning | qaytıwuğuzyou all's returning | qaytıwlarıtheir returnings |
| Genitive | qaytıwnuthe returning's | qaytıwumumy returning's | qaytıwuŋuyour returning's | qaytıwunuhis returning's | qaytıwubuznuour returning's | qaytıwuğuznuyou all's returning's | qaytıwlarınıtheir returnings' |
| Accusative | qaytıwnuthe returning (as the object) | qaytıwumumy returning (as the object) | qaytıwuŋuyour returning (as the object) | qaytıwunhis returning (as the object) | qaytıwubuznuour returning (as the object) | qaytıwuğuznuyou all's returning (as the object) | qaytıwlarıntheir returnings (as the object) |
| Dative | qaytıwğato the returning | qaytıwumato my returning | qaytıwuŋato your returning | qaytıwunato his returning | qaytıwubuzğato our returning | qaytıwuğuzğato you all's returning | qaytıwlarınato their returnings |
| Locative | qaytıwdain / at the returning | qaytıwumdain / at my returning | qaytıwuŋdain / at your returning | qaytıwundain / at his returning | qaytıwubuzdain / at our returning | qaytıwuğuzdain / at you all's returning | qaytıwlarındain / at their returnings |
| Ablative | qaytıwdanfrom the returning | qaytıwumdanfrom my returning | qaytıwuŋdanfrom your returning | qaytıwundanfrom his returning | qaytıwubuzdanfrom our returning | qaytıwuğuzdanfrom you all's returning | qaytıwlarındanfrom their returnings |
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.