san
/san/
Definitions
1. number, count, how many there are of something — also the grammar term: бирлик сан "singular number", кёблюк сан "plural number"
- halqnı sanı — the size of the population
- malnı sanı — the number of the livestock
- sanı az — few in number
- sanı köb — many in number
2. a limb of the body; in the plural, the body, the frame
- sanı ariw — of a beautiful build
- sanların qımıldatırğa — to move one's limbs
- sanı sawnu jüregi toq — one whose body is sound has a contented heart
- qorqğandan sanlarım jızıldaydıla — my whole body trembles with fear
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sanawcognatecounting, reckoning, enumeration, calculation, tally; numeral (part of speech)
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| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | santhe number | sanlathe numbers | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | sannıthe number's | sanlanıthe numbers' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | sannıthe number (as the object) | sanlanıthe numbers (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | sangato the number | sanlağato the numbers | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | sandaat / in the number | sanladaat / in the numbers | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | sandanfrom the number | sanladanfrom the numbers | 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 | sanımmy number | sanlarımmy numbers |
| your | sanıngyour number | sanlarıngyour numbers |
| his / her | sanıhis / her number | sanlarıhis / her numbers |
| our | sanıbızour number | sanlarıbızour numbers |
| you all's | sanığızyou all's number | sanlarığızyou all's numbers |
| their | sanlarıtheir number | sanlarıtheir numbers |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: sanları can mean "his / her numbers", "their number", or "their numbers" — context decides.