qızlıq
/qɯzlɯq/
Definitions
1. girlhood, the period of a woman's life before marriage
- qızlığında ariw bolğandı — she was beautiful in her girlhood
- qızlıq jılla — the years of girlhood
- qızlığına söz joqdu — there is no word against her girlhood
2. virginity, chastity
- qızlığın saqlarğa — to guard one's chastity
- qızlığın tas eterge — to lose one's virginity
- qızlıq saqlarğa — to keep one's chastity
Related
qızbasegirl, maiden; daughter; bride, betrothed girl; queen (in a pack of cards)
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or .Cases
| Form | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | qızlıqthe girlhood | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | qızlıqnıthe girlhood's | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | qızlıqnıthe girlhood (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | qızlıqğato the girlhood | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | qızlıqdaat / in the girlhood | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | qızlıqdanfrom the girlhood | 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 | qızlığımmy girlhood |
| your | qızlığıngyour girlhood |
| his / her | qızlığıhis / her girlhood |
| our | qızlığıbızour girlhood |
| you all's | qızlığığızyou all's girlhood |
| their | qızlıqlarıtheir girlhood |
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.