sabançı
/sabantʃɯ/
Definition
ploughman, tiller of the soil, arable farmer
- sabançı brigada — a field-crop brigade
- sabançı jangurnu küser — the ploughman longs for rain
- sabançıla sabanga çıqdıla — the ploughmen went out to the field
Related
arbaçısame classcarter, cart driver, draymansabanbaseploughed field, arable land sown with grainsabançılıqqualityarable farming, the growing of field crops
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sabançıthe ploughman | sabançılathe ploughmen | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | sabançınıthe ploughman's | sabançılanıthe ploughmen's | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | sabançınıthe ploughman (as the object) | sabançılanıthe ploughmen (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | sabançığato the ploughman | sabançılağato the ploughmen | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | sabançıdaat / in the ploughman | sabançıladaat / in the ploughmen | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | sabançıdanfrom the ploughman | sabançıladanfrom the ploughmen | 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 | sabançımmy ploughman | sabançılarımmy ploughmen |
| your | sabançıngyour ploughman | sabançılarıngyour ploughmen |
| his / her | sabançısıhis / her ploughman | sabançılarıhis / her ploughmen |
| our | sabançıbızour ploughman | sabançılarıbızour ploughmen |
| you all's | sabançığızyou all's ploughman | sabançılarığızyou all's ploughmen |
| their | sabançılarıtheir ploughman | sabançılarıtheir ploughmen |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: sabançıları can mean "his / her ploughmen", "their ploughman", or "their ploughmen" — context decides.