saqalsız

/saqalsɯz/

(adj.) beardless, having no beard; clean-shaven — Used of a man who has no beard or whose beard has been shaved off, as in saqalsız qart "a beardless old man". A near synonym is köse. Nevruz 1991 cites the proverb saqallını saqalsız aldar "the beardless one fools the bearded one".

saqalsız qart — a beardless old man
saqalsız jaş — a beardless young man
atam saqalsız jürüydü — my father goes about clean-shaven
saqallını saqalsız aldar — the beardless one fools the bearded one

Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — saqalsız
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	saqalsızmaI am beardless	saqalsızsayou are beardless	saqalsızdıhe is beardless	saqalsızbızwe are beardless	saqalsızsızyou all are beardless	saqalsızdılathey are beardless
comparative — more	saqalsızıraqmaI am more beardless	saqalsızıraqsayou are more beardless	saqalsızıraqdıhe is more beardless	saqalsızıraqbızwe are more beardless	saqalsızıraqsızyou all are more beardless	saqalsızıraqdılathey are more beardless
intensifier — very	bek saqalsızmaI am very beardless	bek saqalsızsayou are very beardless	bek saqalsızdıhe is very beardless	bek saqalsızbızwe are very beardless	bek saqalsızsızyou all are very beardless	bek saqalsızdılathey are very beardless
superlative — most	em saqalsızmaI am the most beardless	em saqalsızsayou are the most beardless	em saqalsızdıhe is the most beardless	em saqalsızbızwe are the most beardless	em saqalsızsızyou all are the most beardless	em saqalsızdılathey are the most beardless

To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden saqalsızdı — "compared to me, he is beardless."

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — saqalsız
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki saqalsızdımine is beardless	seniki saqalsızdıyours is beardless	anıqı saqalsızdıhis is beardless	bizniki saqalsızdıours is beardless	sizniki saqalsızdıyours (pl.) is beardless	alanıqı saqalsızdıtheirs is beardless
comparative — more	meniki saqalsızıraqdımine is more beardless	seniki saqalsızıraqdıyours is more beardless	anıqı saqalsızıraqdıhis is more beardless	bizniki saqalsızıraqdıours is more beardless	sizniki saqalsızıraqdıyours (pl.) is more beardless	alanıqı saqalsızıraqdıtheirs is more beardless
intensifier — very	meniki bek saqalsızdımine is very beardless	seniki bek saqalsızdıyours is very beardless	anıqı bek saqalsızdıhis is very beardless	bizniki bek saqalsızdıours is very beardless	sizniki bek saqalsızdıyours (pl.) is very beardless	alanıqı bek saqalsızdıtheirs is very beardless
superlative — most	meniki em saqalsızdımine is the most beardless	seniki em saqalsızdıyours is the most beardless	anıqı em saqalsızdıhis is the most beardless	bizniki em saqalsızdıours is the most beardless	sizniki em saqalsızdıyours (pl.) is the most beardless	alanıqı em saqalsızdıtheirs is the most beardless

Several things

Several things — saqalsız
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile saqalsızdılamine are beardless	senikile saqalsızdılayours are beardless	anıqıla saqalsızdılahis are beardless	biznikile saqalsızdılaours are beardless	siznikile saqalsızdılayours (pl.) are beardless	alanıqıla saqalsızdılatheirs are beardless
comparative — more	menikile saqalsızıraqdılamine are more beardless	senikile saqalsızıraqdılayours are more beardless	anıqıla saqalsızıraqdılahis are more beardless	biznikile saqalsızıraqdılaours are more beardless	siznikile saqalsızıraqdılayours (pl.) are more beardless	alanıqıla saqalsızıraqdılatheirs are more beardless
intensifier — very	menikile bek saqalsızdılamine are very beardless	senikile bek saqalsızdılayours are very beardless	anıqıla bek saqalsızdılahis are very beardless	biznikile bek saqalsızdılaours are very beardless	siznikile bek saqalsızdılayours (pl.) are very beardless	alanıqıla bek saqalsızdılatheirs are very beardless
superlative — most	menikile em saqalsızdılamine are the most beardless	senikile em saqalsızdılayours are the most beardless	anıqıla em saqalsızdılahis are the most beardless	biznikile em saqalsızdılaours are the most beardless	siznikile em saqalsızdılayours (pl.) are the most beardless	alanıqıla em saqalsızdılatheirs are the most beardless

Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu saqalsızdı, bıla saqalsızdıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".