salat
/salat/
Definitions
1. salad, a cold dish of chopped vegetables
- pomidor salat — tomato salad
- qobusta salat — cabbage salad
2. malt, sprouted grain ground for brewing
- arpa salat — barley malt
- qol tirmende arpa salat tartırğa — to grind barley malt in a hand mill
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | salatthe salad | salatlathe salads | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | salatnıthe salad's | salatlanıthe salads' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | salatnıthe salad (as the object) | salatlanıthe salads (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | salathato the salad | salatlağato the salads | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | salatdaat / in the salad | salatladaat / in the salads | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | salatdanfrom the salad | salatladanfrom the salads | 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 | salatımmy salad | salatlarımmy salads |
| your | salatıngyour salad | salatlarıngyour salads |
| his / her | salatıhis / her salad | salatlarıhis / her salads |
| our | salatıbızour salad | salatlarıbızour salads |
| you all's | salatığızyou all's salad | salatlarığızyou all's salads |
| their | salatlarıtheir salad | salatlarıtheir salads |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: salatları can mean "his / her salads", "their salad", or "their salads" — context decides.