sawluq
/sawluq/
1. health, physical condition, well-being
- sawluğuŋ qalaydı? — how is your health?
- sawluğu igi adam — a person in good health
- sawluqnu saqlaw — preserving health
- sawluq neden da bağalıdı — health is more precious than anything
- sawluqdan ullu baylıq qayda? — where is there a wealth greater than health?
- Allah sawluq bersin! — may God grant health!
- sawluq baylıqdan aşhıdı — health is better than wealth
2. lifetime, the time someone is alive — Usually takes the locative or ablative ending for the span while someone is still alive, as in men sawluqdan "while I am alive".
- men sawluqdan — while I am alive
- men sawluqdan sen qıyınlıq körmezse — while I am alive you will see no hardship
- sen sawluqda bizge qayğı joqdu — while you are alive we have no worries
- atası sawluqda üy işlendi — the house was built while his father was alive
3. in milk, giving milk
- sawluq iynek — a cow in milk
- sawluq eçki — a goat in milk
- sawluq qoyla — ewes in milk
- sawluq mal köb süt berir — an animal in milk gives much milk
Expressions
- sawluğu üçün içerge — drink to health
- sen sawluqdan — counting on you
- sawluq ayaq — a toast
As a noun
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sawluqthe health | sawluğummy health | sawluğuŋyour health | sawluğuhis health | sawluğubuzour health | sawluğuğuzyou all's health | sawluqlarıtheir healths |
| Genitive | sawluqnuthe health's | sawluğumumy health's | sawluğuŋuyour health's | sawluğunuhis health's | sawluğubuznuour health's | sawluğuğuznuyou all's health's | sawluqlarınıtheir healths' |
| Accusative | sawluqnuthe health (as the object) | sawluğumumy health (as the object) | sawluğuŋuyour health (as the object) | sawluğunhis health (as the object) | sawluğubuznuour health (as the object) | sawluğuğuznuyou all's health (as the object) | sawluqlarıntheir healths (as the object) |
| Dative | sawluqğato the health | sawluğumato my health | sawluğuŋato your health | sawluğunato his health | sawluğubuzğato our health | sawluğuğuzğato you all's health | sawluqlarınato their healths |
| Locative | sawluqdain / at the health | sawluğumdain / at my health | sawluğuŋdain / at your health | sawluğundain / at his health | sawluğubuzdain / at our health | sawluğuğuzdain / at you all's health | sawluqlarındain / at their healths |
| Ablative | sawluqdanfrom the health | sawluğumdanfrom my health | sawluğuŋdanfrom your health | sawluğundanfrom his health | sawluğubuzdanfrom our health | sawluğuğuzdanfrom you all's health | sawluqlarındanfrom their healths |
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.
As an adjective
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki sawluqdumine is in milk | seniki sawluqduyours is in milk | anıqı sawluqduhis is in milk | bizniki sawluqduours is in milk | sizniki sawluqduyours (pl.) is in milk | alanıqı sawluqdutheirs is in milk |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile sawluqdulamine are in milk | senikile sawluqdulayours are in milk | anıqıla sawluqdulahis are in milk | biznikile sawluqdulaours are in milk | siznikile sawluqdulayours (pl.) are in milk | alanıqıla sawluqdulatheirs are in milk |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu sawluqdu, bıla sawluqdula. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".