sal
/sal/ · plural salla
1. corpse, dead body — sal bol means "die" (literally "become a corpse") and sal et means "kill".
- appanı salın tuwduqları çığardıla — the grandchildren carried out grandfather's body
- qartnı salın üyden çığarğanda — when they carry the old man's body out of the house
- ana qızını salına qaradı — the mother looked at her daughter's body
- batırnı salın elge keltirdile — they brought the hero's body to the village
- el halqı salğa sıy berdi — the village people paid respect to the dead body
2. funeral bier, litter for the dead — A stretcher on which the body is carried out to the graveyard. Also called sal bashıç and sal ağaç.
- salğa salınŋan ölük — the corpse placed on the bier
- erlay oğuna sal işledile — they made a bier right away
- sal ağaçnı üyden çığardıla — they carried the bier out of the house
- salda barğan saw qaytmaz — one who goes on the bier will not come back alive
3. listless, limp, drained of strength
- ne ese da bügün salma — somehow I am listless today
- tünene bek sal edim — yesterday I was very listless
- sen bügün sal körünese — you look listless today
4. raft
- sal suwda baradı — the raft is moving on the water
- sal bla öterge — to cross by raft
- terek ağaçdan sal bayladıla — they lashed together a raft from timber
Expressions
- sal bashıç — funeral bier
- sal bolurğa — die
As a noun
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | salthe corpse | salımmy corpse | salıŋyour corpse | salıhis corpse | salıbızour corpse | salığızyou all's corpse | sallarıtheir corpses |
| Genitive | salnıthe corpse's | salımımy corpse's | salıŋıyour corpse's | salınıhis corpse's | salıbıznıour corpse's | salığıznıyou all's corpse's | sallarınıtheir corpses' |
| Accusative | salnıthe corpse (as the object) | salımımy corpse (as the object) | salıŋıyour corpse (as the object) | salınhis corpse (as the object) | salıbıznıour corpse (as the object) | salığıznıyou all's corpse (as the object) | sallarıntheir corpses (as the object) |
| Dative | salğato the corpse | salımato my corpse | salıŋato your corpse | salınato his corpse | salıbızğato our corpse | salığızğato you all's corpse | sallarınato their corpses |
| Locative | saldain / at the corpse | salımdain / at my corpse | salıŋdain / at your corpse | salındain / at his corpse | salıbızdain / at our corpse | salığızdain / at you all's corpse | sallarındain / at their corpses |
| Ablative | saldanfrom the corpse | salımdanfrom my corpse | salıŋdanfrom your corpse | salındanfrom his corpse | salıbızdanfrom our corpse | salığızdanfrom you all's corpse | sallarındanfrom their corpses |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sallathe corpses | sallarımmy corpses | sallarıŋyour corpses | sallarıhis corpses | sallarıbızour corpses | sallarığızyou all's corpses | sallarıtheir corpses |
| Genitive | sallanıthe corpses' | sallarımımy corpses' | sallarıŋıyour corpses' | sallarınıhis corpses' | sallarıbıznıour corpses' | sallarığıznıyou all's corpses' | sallarınıtheir corpses' |
| Accusative | sallanıthe corpses (as the object) | sallarımımy corpses (as the object) | sallarıŋıyour corpses (as the object) | sallarınhis corpses (as the object) | sallarıbıznıour corpses (as the object) | sallarığıznıyou all's corpses (as the object) | sallarıntheir corpses (as the object) |
| Dative | sallağato the corpses | sallarımato my corpses | sallarıŋato your corpses | sallarınato his corpses | sallarıbızğato our corpses | sallarığızğato you all's corpses | sallarınato their corpses |
| Locative | salladain / at the corpses | sallarımdain / at my corpses | sallarıŋdain / at your corpses | sallarındain / at his corpses | sallarıbızdain / at our corpses | sallarığızdain / at you all's corpses | sallarındain / at their corpses |
| Ablative | salladanfrom the corpses | sallarımdanfrom my corpses | sallarıŋdanfrom your corpses | sallarındanfrom his corpses | sallarıbızdanfrom our corpses | sallarığızdanfrom you all's corpses | sallarındanfrom their corpses |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: salları can mean "his / her corpses", "their corpse", or "their corpses" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.
As an adjective
Saying it about someone
| Degree | menI | senyou | olhe/she/it | bizwe | sizyou all | alathey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | salmaI am limp | salsayou are limp | saldıhe is limp | salbızwe are limp | salsızyou all are limp | saldılathey are limp |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden saldı — "compared to me, he is limp."