qoz
/qoz/
Definitions
1. walnut — the nut and the tree
- qoz terek — a walnut tree
- qoz qabuq — a walnut shell
- qoz içi — the kernel of a walnut
2. of walnut, walnut-wood — used before another noun
- qoz tüyme — a big walnut-sized button
- qoz kübür — a walnut chest
- qoz ağaçdan işlengen — made of walnut wood
Origin
A word Karachay inherited from Proto-Turkic; Siemieniec-Gołaś lists it among the Proto-Turkic stock of Karachay-Balkar (2000, p. 42).Feedback
or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | qozthe walnut | qozlathe walnuts | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | qoznuthe walnut's | qozlanıthe walnuts' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | qoznuthe walnut (as the object) | qozlanıthe walnuts (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | qozğato the walnut | qozlağato the walnuts | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | qozdaat / in the walnut | qozladaat / in the walnuts | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | qozdanfrom the walnut | qozladanfrom the walnuts | 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 | qozummy walnut | qozlarımmy walnuts |
| your | qozungyour walnut | qozlarıngyour walnuts |
| his / her | qozuhis / her walnut | qozlarıhis / her walnuts |
| our | qozubuzour walnut | qozlarıbızour walnuts |
| you all's | qozuğuzyou all's walnut | qozlarığızyou all's walnuts |
| their | qozlarıtheir walnut | qozlarıtheir walnuts |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: qozları can mean "his / her walnuts", "their walnut", or "their walnuts" — context decides.