sağat
/saʁat/
Definitions
1. hour, o'clock — an hour of time
- bir sağatdan qaytdı — he returned in an hour
- taksi eki sağatha jetdirdi — the taxi got there in two hours
- sağat altıda kellikdi — he will come at six o'clock
- ingirde jeti sağatda uruş tohtadı — at seven in the evening the fighting stopped
2. clock, watch, timepiece
- qabırğa sağat — a wall clock
- sağatha qarağız, onbir bolub baradı — look at the clock, it is going on eleven
- adam etgen sağatnı tüzetmeyin bolmaydı — a clock made by man cannot do without being set right
- altın sağat — a gold watch
3. time, moment, the hour at which something happens — Karachay usage; Elbrusoid marks this sense карач.
- ol sağatda sen qayda eding? — where were you at that time?
- sen bolğan sağatda qalay edi? — how was it at the time you were there?
- ma ol sağatda — at that very moment
Found in
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sağatthe hour | sağatlathe hours | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | sağatnıthe hour's | sağatlanıthe hours' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | sağatnıthe hour (as the object) | sağatlanıthe hours (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | sağathato the hour | sağatlağato the hours | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | sağatdaat / in the hour | sağatladaat / in the hours | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | sağatdanfrom the hour | sağatladanfrom the hours | 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 | sağatımmy hour | sağatlarımmy hours |
| your | sağatıngyour hour | sağatlarıngyour hours |
| his / her | sağatıhis / her hour | sağatlarıhis / her hours |
| our | sağatıbızour hour | sağatlarıbızour hours |
| you all's | sağatığızyou all's hour | sağatlarığızyou all's hours |
| their | sağatlarıtheir hour | sağatlarıtheir hours |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: sağatları can mean "his / her hours", "their hour", or "their hours" — context decides.