quru
/quru/
1. dry, dried up
- quru otunla — dry firewood
- quru butaq — a dry branch
- quru tayaq — a dry stick
- quru kırdık — dry grass
- quru çıbıqlanı uwatadı — she breaks the dry twigs
- qurudu — it is dry
2. empty, bare, vacant — Said of containers, rooms and buildings with nothing or no one in them, and of a bare floor.
- quru üy — an empty house
- quru şışa — an empty bottle
- quru çelek — an empty pail
- quru ayaq — an empty bowl
- quru qolları bla keldi — he came with empty hands
- quru stol — a bare table
3. hollow, empty inside
- içi quru çertlewük — a nut that is empty inside
- içi quru terek — a tree that is hollow inside
4. empty, meaningless, unsupported, without substance — Said of words, talk, promises and bare facts or figures.
- quru söz — empty words
- quru hapar — empty talk
- quru sözge quwanma — do not rejoice at empty words
- quru sözge iynanma — do not believe empty words
- quru söz bla hant bişirmezse — you won't cook sugar with empty words
5. empty-handed, with nothing
- quru qaytırğa — to return empty-handed
- quru qalırğa — to be left with nothing
- quru qaytdım — I returned empty-handed
- quru qaytdıla — they returned empty-handed
- ülüşünden quru qalır — will be left without his share
- sawğadan quru qoymazğa küreş — try not to leave him without a gift
6. only, just, merely
- anı quru men bileme — only I know that
- quru eki ay — only two months
- menden quru bir jılğa gitçese — you are only one year younger than me
- munu bağası quru üç somdu — this costs only three rubles
- quru birewlen — only one person
- men quru kesim — I alone, by myself
7. constantly, all the time
- ol quru külgenley turuwçudu — he is always laughing
- ol quru soradı — he asks all the time
- quru işley turadı — he is working all the time
- quru işley turğanlay köreme seni — I always see you working
- quru tarığıb turma — don't keep complaining all the time
8. blank (of a cartridge or shot)
- quru patron — a blank cartridge
Expressions
- quru bolmazğa — have a share; never be without; have had a drink
- quru qalırğa — lose a loved one; be left without
- ariw at da, quru çıq — generous but left empty
- qolu quru bolurğa — become destitute
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki qurudumine is dry | seniki quruduyours is dry | anıqı quruduhis is dry | bizniki quruduours is dry | sizniki quruduyours (pl.) is dry | alanıqı qurudutheirs is dry |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile qurudulamine are dry | senikile qurudulayours are dry | anıqıla qurudulahis are dry | biznikile qurudulaours are dry | siznikile qurudulayours (pl.) are dry | alanıqıla qurudulatheirs are dry |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu qurudu, bıla qurudula. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".