Karachay

seriwün

/seriwyn/

1. (adj.) slow, unhurried, moderate, measured, gentle — Said of a fire, the wind, heat, or the pace of work.
  • seriwün otda — over a slow fire
  • seriwün otda bişirirge — to cook over a slow fire
  • iş seriwün baradı — the work is going slowly
  • işni seriwün eterge — to slow down the work
  • jel seriwün boldu — the wind has died down
  • iŋirge issilik seriwün boldu — by evening the heat eased
2. (adv.) slowly, quietly, unhurriedly
  • seriwün solu — breathe slowly
  • seriwün işlerge — to work unhurriedly
  • seriwün söleşedi — he speaks quietly
  • közlerin qısıb, seriwün soluydu — closing his eyes, he breathes slowly
  • jaŋur da jawadı seriwün — the rain falls gently
4. (n.) coolness, shade, cool place — Usually in the locative or dative, of sitting or moving into the shade.
  • seriwünde oltururğa — to sit in the cool
  • biz seriwünde olturabız — we sit in the cool
  • seriwünŋe kirirge — to go into the shade
  • iŋirlik seriwünde — in the evening cool

Degrees and persons

DegreemenIsenyouolhe/she/itbizwesizyou allalathey
base formseriwünmeI am gentleseriwünseyou are gentleseriwündühe is gentleseriwünbüzwe are gentleseriwünsüzyou all are gentleseriwündülethey are gentle
comparative — moreseriwünürekmeI am gentlerseriwünürekseyou are gentlerseriwünürekdihe is gentlerseriwünürekbizwe are gentlerseriwünüreksizyou all are gentlerseriwünürekdilethey are gentler
intensifier — verybek seriwünmeI am very gentlebek seriwünseyou are very gentlebek seriwündühe is very gentlebek seriwünbüzwe are very gentlebek seriwünsüzyou all are very gentlebek seriwündülethey are very gentle
superlative — mostem seriwünmeI am the gentlestem seriwünseyou are the gentlestem seriwündühe is the gentlestem seriwünbüzwe are the gentlestem seriwünsüzyou all are the gentlestem seriwündülethey are the gentlest

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

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

Degreemenikiminesenikiyoursanıqıhis / hersbiznikiourssiznikiyours (pl.)alanıqıtheirs
base formmeniki seriwündümine is gentleseniki seriwündüyours is gentleanıqı seriwündühis is gentlebizniki seriwündüours is gentlesizniki seriwündüyours (pl.) is gentlealanıqı seriwündütheirs is gentle
comparative — moremeniki seriwünürekdimine is gentlerseniki seriwünürekdiyours is gentleranıqı seriwünürekdihis is gentlerbizniki seriwünürekdiours is gentlersizniki seriwünürekdiyours (pl.) is gentleralanıqı seriwünürekditheirs is gentler
intensifier — verymeniki bek seriwündümine is very gentleseniki bek seriwündüyours is very gentleanıqı bek seriwündühis is very gentlebizniki bek seriwündüours is very gentlesizniki bek seriwündüyours (pl.) is very gentlealanıqı bek seriwündütheirs is very gentle
superlative — mostmeniki em seriwündümine is the gentlestseniki em seriwündüyours is the gentlestanıqı em seriwündühis is the gentlestbizniki em seriwündüours is the gentlestsizniki em seriwündüyours (pl.) is the gentlestalanıqı em seriwündütheirs is the gentlest

Several things

Degreemenikileminesenikileyoursanıqılahis / hersbiznikileourssiznikileyours (pl.)alanıqılatheirs
base formmenikile seriwündülemine are gentlesenikile seriwündüleyours are gentleanıqıla seriwündülehis are gentlebiznikile seriwündüleours are gentlesiznikile seriwündüleyours (pl.) are gentlealanıqıla seriwündületheirs are gentle
comparative — moremenikile seriwünürekdilemine are gentlersenikile seriwünürekdileyours are gentleranıqıla seriwünürekdilehis are gentlerbiznikile seriwünürekdileours are gentlersiznikile seriwünürekdileyours (pl.) are gentleralanıqıla seriwünürekdiletheirs are gentler
intensifier — verymenikile bek seriwündülemine are very gentlesenikile bek seriwündüleyours are very gentleanıqıla bek seriwündülehis are very gentlebiznikile bek seriwündüleours are very gentlesiznikile bek seriwündüleyours (pl.) are very gentlealanıqıla bek seriwündületheirs are very gentle
superlative — mostmenikile em seriwündülemine are the gentlestsenikile em seriwündüleyours are the gentlestanıqıla em seriwündülehis are the gentlestbiznikile em seriwündüleours are the gentlestsiznikile em seriwündüleyours (pl.) are the gentlestalanıqıla em seriwündületheirs are the gentlest

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