sılawçu
/ sɯlawtʃu /
Definition noun one who strokes
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sılawçu the one who strokes | sılawçula the one who strokeses | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | sılawçunu the one who strokes' | sılawçulanı the one who strokeses' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | sılawçunu the one who strokes (as the object) | sılawçulanı the one who strokeses (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | sılawçuğa to the one who strokes | sılawçulağa to the one who strokeses | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | sılawçuda at / in the one who strokes | sılawçulada at / in the one who strokeses | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | sılawçudan from the one who strokes | sılawçuladan from the one who strokeses | 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 | sılawçum my one who strokes | sılawçularım my one who strokeses |
| your | sılawçuŋ your one who strokes | sılawçularıŋ your one who strokeses |
| his / her | sılawçusu his / her one who strokes | sılawçuları his / her one who strokeses |
| our | sılawçubuz our one who strokes | sılawçularıbız our one who strokeses |
| you all's | sılawçuğuz you all's one who strokes | sılawçularığız you all's one who strokeses |
| their | sılawçuları their one who strokes | sılawçuları their one who strokeses |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: sılawçuları can mean "his / her one who strokeses", "their one who strokes", or "their one who strokeses" — context decides.