quş

/quʃ/ · plural quşla

1. (n.) eagle — Also used loosely of other large birds of prey, such as the kite.

quş bala — an eaglet
quş uya — an eagle's nest
quşnu qanatı — the wing of the eagle
quş kökde uçadı — the eagle flies in the sky
quş terekge qondu — the eagle landed on the tree
quş uçub kökge çıqdı — the eagle flew up into the sky
qara quş — a black kite

2. (n.) bird

gılın quş — an owl
aq quş — a harrier
quş da kereklisine uçadı — a bird too flies where it needs to go

3. (n.) down (soft bird feathers used as filling for pillows and bedding) — Also used before a noun to identify its filling, as in a down pillow or a down quilt.

quş jastıq — a down pillow
quş juwurğan — a down quilt
quş töşek — a feather bed
jastıqnı quşu — the down of the pillow
quşdan etilgen juwurğan — a quilt made of down
quşdan jastıqla etdik — we made pillows from down

Expressions

eki quş uruşsa, jiyaçığa tük tüşer — third party profits (Idiom · Proverb or saying)
künamannı quşuça — dejected, crestfallen (Idiom)
quş bolubmu uçarıqsa — what's the rush (Idiom · Formula)
quş tügünley çaçarğa — scatter far and wide (Idiom)

Found in

Animals Birds

Sources

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Botashev 1998 · Karachay-Balkar–Russian Dictionary of Natural Objects · meaning 1
Gochiyaeva et al. 1993 · Russian–Karachay Learner's Dictionary · meaning 1
Guzeev (ed.) 1996–2005 · Explanatory Dictionary of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meanings 1, 3
Guzeev 2013 · Dictionary of Homonyms of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meanings 1, 3
Nevruz 1991 · Karachay-Balkar–Turkish Dictionary · meaning 2
Otarov and Gabaeva 2000 · Russian–Balkar Explanatory Dictionary of Sectoral Vocabulary · meanings 1, 3
Suyunchev and Urusbiev (eds.) 1965 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Dictionary · meanings 1, 3
Tenishev and Suyunchev (eds.) 1989 · Karachay-Balkar–Russian Dictionary · all meanings
Tolgurova and Tolgurov n.d. · Abridged Hapax Dictionary of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meaning 1
Zhulabov et al. 1997 · School Russian–Balkar Dictionary · meaning 1

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Cases and owners

Singular

Singular — cases of quş, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	quşthe eagle	quşummy eagle	quşuŋyour eagle	quşuhis eagle	quşubuzour eagle	quşuğuzyou all's eagle	quşlarıtheir eagles
Genitive	quşnuthe eagle's	quşumumy eagle's	quşuŋuyour eagle's	quşunuhis eagle's	quşubuznuour eagle's	quşuğuznuyou all's eagle's	quşlarınıtheir eagles'
Accusative	quşnuthe eagle (as the object)	quşumumy eagle (as the object)	quşuŋuyour eagle (as the object)	quşunhis eagle (as the object)	quşubuznuour eagle (as the object)	quşuğuznuyou all's eagle (as the object)	quşlarıntheir eagles (as the object)
Dative	quşhato the eagle	quşumato my eagle	quşuŋato your eagle	quşunato his eagle	quşubuzğato our eagle	quşuğuzğato you all's eagle	quşlarınato their eagles
Locative	quşdain / at the eagle	quşumdain / at my eagle	quşuŋdain / at your eagle	quşundain / at his eagle	quşubuzdain / at our eagle	quşuğuzdain / at you all's eagle	quşlarındain / at their eagles
Ablative	quşdanfrom the eagle	quşumdanfrom my eagle	quşuŋdanfrom your eagle	quşundanfrom his eagle	quşubuzdanfrom our eagle	quşuğuzdanfrom you all's eagle	quşlarındanfrom their eagles

Plural

Plural — cases of quş, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	quşlathe eagles	quşlarımmy eagles	quşlarıŋyour eagles	quşlarıhis eagles	quşlarıbızour eagles	quşlarığızyou all's eagles	quşlarıtheir eagles
Genitive	quşlanıthe eagles'	quşlarımımy eagles'	quşlarıŋıyour eagles'	quşlarınıhis eagles'	quşlarıbıznıour eagles'	quşlarığıznıyou all's eagles'	quşlarınıtheir eagles'
Accusative	quşlanıthe eagles (as the object)	quşlarımımy eagles (as the object)	quşlarıŋıyour eagles (as the object)	quşlarınhis eagles (as the object)	quşlarıbıznıour eagles (as the object)	quşlarığıznıyou all's eagles (as the object)	quşlarıntheir eagles (as the object)
Dative	quşlağato the eagles	quşlarımato my eagles	quşlarıŋato your eagles	quşlarınato his eagles	quşlarıbızğato our eagles	quşlarığızğato you all's eagles	quşlarınato their eagles
Locative	quşladain / at the eagles	quşlarımdain / at my eagles	quşlarıŋdain / at your eagles	quşlarındain / at his eagles	quşlarıbızdain / at our eagles	quşlarığızdain / at you all's eagles	quşlarındain / at their eagles
Ablative	quşladanfrom the eagles	quşlarımdanfrom my eagles	quşlarıŋdanfrom your eagles	quşlarındanfrom his eagles	quşlarıbızdanfrom our eagles	quşlarığızdanfrom you all's eagles	quşlarındanfrom their eagles

The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: quşları can mean "his / her eagles", "their eagle", or "their eagles" — context decides.

Whose it is

Belonging to quş — the eagle's one
Case	one thing, one owner	several things, one owner	one thing, several owners	several things, several owners
Nominative	quşnuquthe eagle's one	quşnuqulathe eagle's ones	quşlanıqıthe eagles' one	quşlanıqılathe eagles' ones
Genitive	quşnuqunuof the eagle's one	quşnuqulanıof the eagle's ones	quşlanıqınıof the eagles' one	quşlanıqılanıof the eagles' ones
Accusative	quşnuqunthe eagle's one (as the object)	quşnuqulanıthe eagle's ones (as the object)	quşlanıqınthe eagles' one (as the object)	quşlanıqılanıthe eagles' ones (as the object)
Dative	quşnuqunato the eagle's one	quşnuqulağato the eagle's ones	quşlanıqınato the eagles' one	quşlanıqılağato the eagles' ones
Locative	quşnuqundain / at the eagle's one	quşnuquladain / at the eagle's ones	quşlanıqındain / at the eagles' one	quşlanıqıladain / at the eagles' ones
Ablative	quşnuqundanfrom the eagle's one	quşnuquladanfrom the eagle's ones	quşlanıqındanfrom the eagles' one	quşlanıqıladanfrom the eagles' ones

The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.