qıysıq
/qɯjsɯq/
Definitions
1. crooked, bent, lopsided, askew
- qıysıq eterge — to knock something askew
- qıysıq bolurğa — to go crooked
- qıysıq jürüydü — he walks with a lurch
2. capricious, awkward, difficult
- qıysıq adam — an awkward man
- qıysıq sabiy — a wayward child
- qıysıq kişi — a contrary man
3. bad, unseemly (of a deed); barbed (of a word)
- qıysıq iş — a bad deed
- qıysıq söz — a barbed word
- qıysıq qararğa — to look askance at someone
4. crookedness, a bend
- qabırğanı qıysığı — the crookedness of the wall
- qıysığı körünedi — its bend shows
- qıysıqnı tüzetdi — he straightened out the crookedness
5. fault, flaw, mistake
- işni qıysığı — the flaw in the work
- qıysığın tapdı — he found the fault
- qıysıqsız iş — faultless work
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or .As an adjective
Degrees
| base form | qıysıqcrooked |
|---|---|
| comparative — more | qıysığıraqmore crooked |
| intensifier — very | bek qıysıqvery crooked |
| superlative — most | em qıysıqthe most crooked |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden qıysıqdı — "compared to me, he is crooked."
Saying it about someone
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | men qıysıqmaI am crooked | biz qıysıqbızwe are crooked |
| 2nd person | sen qıysıqsayou are crooked | siz qıysıqsızyou all are crooked |
| 3rd person | ol qıysıqdıhe / she / it is crooked | ala qıysıqdılathey are crooked |
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu qıysıqdıthis is crooked | bıla qıysıqdılathese are crooked |
| that / those | ol qıysıqdıthat / it is crooked | ala qıysıqdılathose / they are crooked |
| mine | meniki qıysıqdımine is crooked | menikile qıysıqdılamine are crooked |
| yours | seniki qıysıqdıyours is crooked | senikile qıysıqdılayours are crooked |
| ours | bizniki qıysıqdıours is crooked | biznikile qıysıqdılaours are crooked |
As a noun
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | qıysıqthe crookedness | qıysıqlathe crookednesses | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | qıysıqnıthe crookedness' | qıysıqlanıthe crookednesses' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | qıysıqnıthe crookedness (as the object) | qıysıqlanıthe crookednesses (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | qıysıqğato the crookedness | qıysıqlağato the crookednesses | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | qıysıqdaat / in the crookedness | qıysıqladaat / in the crookednesses | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | qıysıqdanfrom the crookedness | qıysıqladanfrom the crookednesses | 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 | qıysığımmy crookedness | qıysıqlarımmy crookednesses |
| your | qıysığıngyour crookedness | qıysıqlarıngyour crookednesses |
| his / her | qıysığıhis / her crookedness | qıysıqlarıhis / her crookednesses |
| our | qıysığıbızour crookedness | qıysıqlarıbızour crookednesses |
| you all's | qıysığığızyou all's crookedness | qıysıqlarığızyou all's crookednesses |
| their | qıysıqlarıtheir crookedness | qıysıqlarıtheir crookednesses |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: qıysıqları can mean "his / her crookednesses", "their crookedness", or "their crookednesses" — context decides.