quyruq
/qujruq/
Definitions
1. tail
- atnı quyruğu — the horse's tail
- kiştik quyruğu bla oynağança — like a cat playing with its own tail
- kögürçünnü quyruğun qırqdıla — they cut the pigeon's tail
2. tail- (attributive)
- quyruq janında — in the tail part
- quyruq süek — the tailbone
- quyruq janından — from the tail end
3. fat tail of a sheep, tail fat
- quyruq jaw — tail fat
- quyruq uçu — the tip of the fat tail
- qoynu quyruğu — the fat tail of the sheep
4. rump, backside, rear
- quyruğungu jerge bir bas — sit yourself down
- bügünlü quyruğum jer körmegendi — I have not sat down once today
- quyruq duppuşu — the buttock
5. tail end, rear part
- samolötnu quyruğu — the tail of the aeroplane
- sürüwnü quyruğu — the tail of the flock
- askerni quyruğu — the rear of the army
6. hanger-on, lackey — figurative, and rough speech
- baynı quyruğu — the rich man's hanger-on
- anı quyruğu bolurğa — to be his lackey
- quyruq bolub aylanadı — he goes about as a hanger-on
Related
quyruqsuzwithouttailless, having no tail or only a stump of one; lacking a fat tail, said of sheep bred without the fatty rump
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | quyruqthe tail | quyruqlathe tails | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | quyruqnuthe tail's | quyruqlanıthe tails' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | quyruqnuthe tail (as the object) | quyruqlanıthe tails (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | quyruqğato the tail | quyruqlağato the tails | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | quyruqdaat / in the tail | quyruqladaat / in the tails | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | quyruqdanfrom the tail | quyruqladanfrom the tails | 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 | quyruğummy tail | quyruqlarımmy tails |
| your | quyruğungyour tail | quyruqlarıngyour tails |
| his / her | quyruğuhis / her tail | quyruqlarıhis / her tails |
| our | quyruğubuzour tail | quyruqlarıbızour tails |
| you all's | quyruğuğuzyou all's tail | quyruqlarığızyou all's tails |
| their | quyruqlarıtheir tail | quyruqlarıtheir tails |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: quyruqları can mean "his / her tails", "their tail", or "their tails" — context decides.