saqal
/saqal/
1. beard
- qalın saqal — a thick beard
- qara saqal — a black beard
- saqalı bolğan kişi — a man with a beard
- saqalım ağarğandı — my beard has gone white
- saqalı jetgen — unshaven, with an overgrown beard
- saqal jülürge — to shave one's beard
- saqal ierge — to grow a beard
- ol alqın saqal jülümeydi — he doesn't shave his beard yet
2. chin, the lower part of the face
- saqal tübü — the underside of the chin
- saqal tübü qaltıraydı — his chin is trembling
- saqalından tutarğa — to take him by the chin
- saqalından örge-örge türtdü — he jabbed him upward by the chin
Expressions
- aq saqalı bla — on one's gray beard
- saqalı jeterge — beard grown long
- saqalı salınırğa — deeply dejected
- saqalına tükürürge — disgrace publicly; get blind drunk
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | saqalthe beard | saqalımmy beard | saqalıŋyour beard | saqalıhis beard | saqalıbızour beard | saqalığızyou all's beard | saqallarıtheir beards |
| Genitive | saqalnıthe beard's | saqalımımy beard's | saqalıŋıyour beard's | saqalınıhis beard's | saqalıbıznıour beard's | saqalığıznıyou all's beard's | saqallarınıtheir beards' |
| Accusative | saqalnıthe beard (as the object) | saqalımımy beard (as the object) | saqalıŋıyour beard (as the object) | saqalınhis beard (as the object) | saqalıbıznıour beard (as the object) | saqalığıznıyou all's beard (as the object) | saqallarıntheir beards (as the object) |
| Dative | saqalğato the beard | saqalımato my beard | saqalıŋato your beard | saqalınato his beard | saqalıbızğato our beard | saqalığızğato you all's beard | saqallarınato their beards |
| Locative | saqaldain / at the beard | saqalımdain / at my beard | saqalıŋdain / at your beard | saqalındain / at his beard | saqalıbızdain / at our beard | saqalığızdain / at you all's beard | saqallarındain / at their beards |
| Ablative | saqaldanfrom the beard | saqalımdanfrom my beard | saqalıŋdanfrom your beard | saqalındanfrom his beard | saqalıbızdanfrom our beard | saqalığızdanfrom you all's beard | saqallarındanfrom their beards |
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.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.