salqın
/salqɯn/
Definitions
1. cool, coolness, cool shade, refreshing draft
- terek salqınında olturub tıngladıq — sitting in the cool shade of the tree we listened
- taw salqını jayda bek tatlıdı — mountain coolness is very pleasant in summer
- salqınga enib suw içdik — stepping into the cool shade we drank water
2. chilly
- salqın suw boyunda tohtadıq — we stopped by the cool river bank
- salqın künlede işlemek tınç bolur — working on cool days is easy
- salqın jel çegetden eser — a cool breeze blows from the forest
Related
salqınlıqqualityshade, a place sheltered from the sun; coolness, cool air; parasol, sunshade; awning, a cover set up overhead against the heat
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or .As a noun
Cases
| Form | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | salqınthe cool | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | salqınnıthe cool's | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | salqınnıthe cool (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | salqıngato the cool | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | salqındaat / in the cool | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | salqındanfrom the cool | 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
| Owned | |
|---|---|
| my | salqınımmy cool |
| your | salqınıngyour cool |
| his / her | salqınıhis / her cool |
| our | salqınıbızour cool |
| you all's | salqınığızyou all's cool |
| their | salqınlarıtheir cool |
There is no plural of this word. The ending would attach like any other — it is the word, not the grammar, that refuses: this is not something Karachay counts.
As an adjective
Degrees
| base form | salqınchilly |
|---|---|
| comparative — more | salqınıraqchillier |
| intensifier — very | bek salqınvery chilly |
| superlative — most | em salqınthe chilliest |
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu salqındıthis is chilly | bıla salqındılathese are chilly |
| that / those | ol salqındıthat / it is chilly | ala salqındılathose / they are chilly |
| mine | meniki salqındımine is chilly | menikile salqındılamine are chilly |
| yours | seniki salqındıyours is chilly | senikile salqındılayours are chilly |
| ours | bizniki salqındıours is chilly | biznikile salqındılaours are chilly |