sawluq
/sawluq/
Definitions
1. health, the sound working of the body
- sawluğung qalaydı? — how is your health?
- allah sawluq bersin! — may God grant health!
- sawluq baylıqdan aşhıdı — health is better than wealth
2. the span in which a person is alive, one's lifetime
- men sawluqdan — while I am alive
- men sawluqdan sen qıyınlıq körmezse — while I live you will know no hardship
- atası sawluqda üy işlendi — the house was built while his father was alive
3. in milk, still giving milk
- sawluq iynek — a cow in milk
- sawluq qoyla — ewes in milk
- sawluq mal köb süt berir — an animal in milk gives much milk
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or .As a noun
Cases
| Form | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sawluqthe health | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | sawluqnuthe health's | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | sawluqnuthe health (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | sawluqğato the health | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | sawluqdaat / in the health | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | sawluqdanfrom the health | 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 | sawluğummy health |
| your | sawluğungyour health |
| his / her | sawluğuhis / her health |
| our | sawluğubuzour health |
| you all's | sawluğuğuzyou all's health |
| their | sawluqlarıtheir health |
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
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu sawluqduthis is in milk | bıla sawluqdulathese are in milk |
| that / those | ol sawluqduthat / it is in milk | ala sawluqdulathose / they are in milk |
| mine | meniki sawluqdumine is in milk | menikile sawluqdulamine are in milk |
| yours | seniki sawluqduyours is in milk | senikile sawluqdulayours are in milk |
| ours | bizniki sawluqduours is in milk | biznikile sawluqdulaours are in milk |