quw
/quw/
Definitions
1. dry, dried out, withered
- quw otunla — dry firewood
- quw terek — a withered tree
- narat terekni quw butağı — the withered branch of the pine tree
- otunla quwdula — the firewood is dry
2. down, fluff, downy feathers
- quw töşek — a down-filled mattress
- quw tükle — downy feathers
- anası qızına quw töşek hazırladı — the mother prepared a down-filled mattress for her daughter
3. gaunt, lean, emaciated
- quw adam — a gaunt person
- quwdan tayaq kibikdi — he is as thin as a dry stick
- bek quw bolub qaldı — became very gaunt
4. deserted, uninhabited, desolate
- quw jerle — deserted places
- quw tüzle — desolate plains
- quw bolub qalğandıla — have become deserted
- küygen, quw sırtla — burnt, desolate ridges
5. tinder
- quw qabangandı — the tinder has caught fire
- quw qabıngan sağatda — when tinder catches
- ot jağarğa quw kerekdi — tinder is needed to light a fire
6. barren, unable to bear children
- kelin quw tüldü — the bride is not barren
- quw qatın — a barren woman
- ol quw bolğanı üçün jarsıydı — she grieves because she is barren
7. swan
- aq quw kölde oynaydı — a white swan plays upon the lake
- köl betinde aq quw jüzedi — a white swan swims on the face of the lake
- quwnu qanatı çımmaq aqdı — the swan's wing is dazzling white
Origin
A word Karachay inherited from Proto-Turkic; Siemieniec-Gołaś lists it among the Proto-Turkic stock of Karachay-Balkar (2000, p. 199).Feedback
or .As an adjective
Degrees
| base form | quwdry |
|---|---|
| comparative — more | quwraqdrier |
| intensifier — very | bek quwvery dry |
| superlative — most | em quwthe driest |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden quwdu — "compared to me, he is dry."
Saying it about someone
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | men quwmaI am dry | biz quwbuzwe are dry |
| 2nd person | sen quwsayou are dry | siz quwsuzyou all are dry |
| 3rd person | ol quwduhe / she / it is dry | ala quwdulathey are dry |
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu quwduthis is dry | bıla quwdulathese are dry |
| that / those | ol quwduthat / it is dry | ala quwdulathose / they are dry |
| mine | meniki quwdumine is dry | menikile quwdulamine are dry |
| yours | seniki quwduyours is dry | senikile quwdulayours are dry |
| ours | bizniki quwduours is dry | biznikile quwdulaours are dry |
As a noun
Cases
| Form | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | quwthe down | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | quwnuthe down's | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | quwnuthe down (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | quwğato the down | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | quwdaat / in the down | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | quwdanfrom the down | 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 | quwummy down |
| your | quwungyour down |
| his / her | quwuhis / her down |
| our | quwubuzour down |
| you all's | quwuğuzyou all's down |
| their | quwlarıtheir down |
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.