qoş
/qoʃ/
Definitions
1. herders' camp, shepherd's hut, seasonal sheepfold station
- qoşda qoyçula jaşaydıla — shepherds live in the herders' camp
- taw qoşdan süt keltirdile — they brought milk from the mountain camp
- qoşha qonaq bolulub bardıq — we went to the herders' camp as guests
2. paired, double, twin, joined
- qoş ögüzle sabannı sürdüle — the paired oxen plowed the field
- qoş qanatlı quş uçar — a bird with twin wings soars
- qoş terek taw boyunda ösedi — a twin tree grows along the mountain
3. shoot, sprout, offshoot, branch
- terekden jangı qoş çıqdı — a new shoot came out from the tree
- qoşların kesib terekni jaratdıla — cutting its wild shoots, they tended the tree
- jazda terek qoş beredi — in spring the tree puts forth shoots
Related
qoşçudealercamp herdsman, herdsman who lives and works at a qoş, the summer camp of a mountain flock
Origin
A word Karachay inherited from Proto-Turkic; Siemieniec-Gołaś lists it among the Proto-Turkic stock of Karachay-Balkar (2000, p. 197).Feedback
or .As a noun
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | qoşthe herders' camp | qoşlathe herders' camps | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | qoşnuthe herders' camp's | qoşlanıthe herders' camps' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | qoşnuthe herders' camp (as the object) | qoşlanıthe herders' camps (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | qoşhato the herders' camp | qoşlağato the herders' camps | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | qoşdaat / in the herders' camp | qoşladaat / in the herders' camps | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | qoşdanfrom the herders' camp | qoşladanfrom the herders' camps | 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 | qoşummy herders' camp | qoşlarımmy herders' camps |
| your | qoşungyour herders' camp | qoşlarıngyour herders' camps |
| his / her | qoşuhis / her herders' camp | qoşlarıhis / her herders' camps |
| our | qoşubuzour herders' camp | qoşlarıbızour herders' camps |
| you all's | qoşuğuzyou all's herders' camp | qoşlarığızyou all's herders' camps |
| their | qoşlarıtheir herders' camp | qoşlarıtheir herders' camps |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: qoşları can mean "his / her herders' camps", "their herders' camp", or "their herders' camps" — context decides.
As an adjective
Degrees
| base form | qoşpaired |
|---|---|
| comparative — more | qoşuraqmore paired |
| intensifier — very | bek qoşvery paired |
| superlative — most | em qoşthe most paired |
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu qoşduthis is paired | bıla qoşdulathese are paired |
| that / those | ol qoşduthat / it is paired | ala qoşdulathose / they are paired |
| mine | meniki qoşdumine is paired | menikile qoşdulamine are paired |
| yours | seniki qoşduyours is paired | senikile qoşdulayours are paired |
| ours | bizniki qoşduours is paired | biznikile qoşdulaours are paired |