şapalıq
/ʃapalɯq/
Definitions
1. a servant's post, the work of a household servant
- şapalıqnı bardırırğa — to carry out the duties of a servant
- şapalıqğa kirirge — to enter service as a servant
- şapalıqdan keterge — to leave a servant's post
2. a cook's post, the trade of cooking for others
- şapalıq eterge — to work as a cook
- askerde şapalıq etgen — one who cooked in the army
- şapalıqğa üyrenirge — to learn the cook's trade
3. the task of waiting on the guests seated at a feast
- toyda şapalıq eterge — to wait on the guests at a wedding
- şapalıq etgen jaşla — the young men who waited at table
- qonaqlağa şapalıq eterge — to wait on the guests
Related
şapabasecook, camp cook; server, attendant at table, waiter; servant, attendant
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | şapalıqthe servant's post | şapalıqlathe servant's posts | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | şapalıqnıthe servant's post's | şapalıqlanıthe servant's posts' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | şapalıqnıthe servant's post (as the object) | şapalıqlanıthe servant's posts (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | şapalıqğato the servant's post | şapalıqlağato the servant's posts | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | şapalıqdaat / in the servant's post | şapalıqladaat / in the servant's posts | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | şapalıqdanfrom the servant's post | şapalıqladanfrom the servant's posts | 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
| One owned | Several owned | |
|---|---|---|
| my | şapalığımmy servant's post | şapalıqlarımmy servant's posts |
| your | şapalığıngyour servant's post | şapalıqlarıngyour servant's posts |
| his / her | şapalığıhis / her servant's post | şapalıqlarıhis / her servant's posts |
| our | şapalığıbızour servant's post | şapalıqlarıbızour servant's posts |
| you all's | şapalığığızyou all's servant's post | şapalıqlarığızyou all's servant's posts |
| their | şapalıqlarıtheir servant's post | şapalıqlarıtheir servant's posts |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: şapalıqları can mean "his / her servant's posts", "their servant's post", or "their servant's posts" — context decides.