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quwbaş

/quwbaʃ/

(adj.) empty-headed, dimwitted, stupid — Describes a person of very little understanding, as in quwbaş adam "an empty-headed person". one source
  • quwbaş adam — an empty-headed person
  • bu jaş quwbaş tüldü — this boy is not stupid
  • quwbaş bolma — don't be stupid

Degrees and persons

DegreemenIsenyouolhe/she/itbizwesizyou allalathey
base formquwbaşmaI am stupidquwbaşsayou are stupidquwbaşdıhe is stupidquwbaşbızwe are stupidquwbaşsızyou all are stupidquwbaşdılathey are stupid
comparative — morequwbaşıraqmaI am more stupidquwbaşıraqsayou are more stupidquwbaşıraqdıhe is more stupidquwbaşıraqbızwe are more stupidquwbaşıraqsızyou all are more stupidquwbaşıraqdılathey are more stupid
intensifier — verybek quwbaşmaI am very stupidbek quwbaşsayou are very stupidbek quwbaşdıhe is very stupidbek quwbaşbızwe are very stupidbek quwbaşsızyou all are very stupidbek quwbaşdılathey are very stupid
superlative — mostem quwbaşmaI am the most stupidem quwbaşsayou are the most stupidem quwbaşdıhe is the most stupidem quwbaşbızwe are the most stupidem quwbaşsızyou all are the most stupidem quwbaşdılathey are the most stupid

To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden quwbaşdı — "compared to me, he is stupid."

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

Degreemenikiminesenikiyoursanıqıhis / hersbiznikiourssiznikiyours (pl.)alanıqıtheirs
base formmeniki quwbaşdımine is stupidseniki quwbaşdıyours is stupidanıqı quwbaşdıhis is stupidbizniki quwbaşdıours is stupidsizniki quwbaşdıyours (pl.) is stupidalanıqı quwbaşdıtheirs is stupid
comparative — moremeniki quwbaşıraqdımine is more stupidseniki quwbaşıraqdıyours is more stupidanıqı quwbaşıraqdıhis is more stupidbizniki quwbaşıraqdıours is more stupidsizniki quwbaşıraqdıyours (pl.) is more stupidalanıqı quwbaşıraqdıtheirs is more stupid
intensifier — verymeniki bek quwbaşdımine is very stupidseniki bek quwbaşdıyours is very stupidanıqı bek quwbaşdıhis is very stupidbizniki bek quwbaşdıours is very stupidsizniki bek quwbaşdıyours (pl.) is very stupidalanıqı bek quwbaşdıtheirs is very stupid
superlative — mostmeniki em quwbaşdımine is the most stupidseniki em quwbaşdıyours is the most stupidanıqı em quwbaşdıhis is the most stupidbizniki em quwbaşdıours is the most stupidsizniki em quwbaşdıyours (pl.) is the most stupidalanıqı em quwbaşdıtheirs is the most stupid

Several things

Degreemenikileminesenikileyoursanıqılahis / hersbiznikileourssiznikileyours (pl.)alanıqılatheirs
base formmenikile quwbaşdılamine are stupidsenikile quwbaşdılayours are stupidanıqıla quwbaşdılahis are stupidbiznikile quwbaşdılaours are stupidsiznikile quwbaşdılayours (pl.) are stupidalanıqıla quwbaşdılatheirs are stupid
comparative — moremenikile quwbaşıraqdılamine are more stupidsenikile quwbaşıraqdılayours are more stupidanıqıla quwbaşıraqdılahis are more stupidbiznikile quwbaşıraqdılaours are more stupidsiznikile quwbaşıraqdılayours (pl.) are more stupidalanıqıla quwbaşıraqdılatheirs are more stupid
intensifier — verymenikile bek quwbaşdılamine are very stupidsenikile bek quwbaşdılayours are very stupidanıqıla bek quwbaşdılahis are very stupidbiznikile bek quwbaşdılaours are very stupidsiznikile bek quwbaşdılayours (pl.) are very stupidalanıqıla bek quwbaşdılatheirs are very stupid
superlative — mostmenikile em quwbaşdılamine are the most stupidsenikile em quwbaşdılayours are the most stupidanıqıla em quwbaşdılahis are the most stupidbiznikile em quwbaşdılaours are the most stupidsiznikile em quwbaşdılayours (pl.) are the most stupidalanıqıla em quwbaşdılatheirs are the most stupid

Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu quwbaşdı, bıla quwbaşdıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".