qoşçu
/qoʃtʃu/
Definition
camp herdsman, herdsman who lives and works at a qoş, the summer camp of a mountain flock — Elbrusoid row 13899 writes уст. only on its second reading, the hired worker at the кош; the first reading, the man who lives at the кош, carries no label and TSKBYA v2p679 adds none, so the merged sense is left unmarked. The corpus still carries 58 hits in 46 documents.
- qoşçu mallanı sürdü — the camp herdsman drove the animals
- bal qoşçu balnı jıyadı — the bee-keeper gathers the honey
- qoşçula köz qısmay tangnga çıqdıla — the camp herdsmen came through to dawn without closing an eye
Related
qoşbaseherders' camp, shepherd's hut, seasonal sheepfold station; paired, double, twin, joined; shoot, sprout, offshoot, branch
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | qoşçuthe camp herdsman | qoşçulathe camp herdsmen | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | qoşçunuthe camp herdsman's | qoşçulanıthe camp herdsmen's | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | qoşçunuthe camp herdsman (as the object) | qoşçulanıthe camp herdsmen (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | qoşçuğato the camp herdsman | qoşçulağato the camp herdsmen | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | qoşçudaat / in the camp herdsman | qoşçuladaat / in the camp herdsmen | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | qoşçudanfrom the camp herdsman | qoşçuladanfrom the camp herdsmen | 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 | qoşçummy camp herdsman | qoşçularımmy camp herdsmen |
| your | qoşçungyour camp herdsman | qoşçularıngyour camp herdsmen |
| his / her | qoşçusuhis / her camp herdsman | qoşçularıhis / her camp herdsmen |
| our | qoşçubuzour camp herdsman | qoşçularıbızour camp herdsmen |
| you all's | qoşçuğuzyou all's camp herdsman | qoşçularığızyou all's camp herdsmen |
| their | qoşçularıtheir camp herdsman | qoşçularıtheir camp herdsmen |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: qoşçuları can mean "his / her camp herdsmen", "their camp herdsman", or "their camp herdsmen" — context decides.