sipi
/sipi/ · plural sipile
1. osier, a shrubby willow with a firm stem — Before another noun it means made of osier, as in sipi saba and sipi qamıçı sap. Whip handles and the sticks used to beat wool were made from it.
- sipiden qamçi sab etedile — whip handles are made of osier
- sipi koturda çıpçıqla jırlaydıla — birds sing in the osier thicket
- kökbaş irkni sipilege tağadıla — they tie the gray-headed ram to the osiers
- sipile ösedile — osiers are growing
2. switch, a rod cut from osier, used to beat a person or to urge on a horse
- sipi çıbıq — a willow switch
- sipi balaqa — an osier rod
- sipi bla ururğa — to strike with a switch
- ömürde sipi tiymegen at — a horse never touched by a switch
Expressions
- sipi tayaq — teacher's cane
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sipithe osier | sipimmy osier | sipiŋyour osier | sipisihis osier | sipibizour osier | sipigizyou all's osier | sipileritheir osiers |
| Genitive | sipinithe osier's | sipimimy osier's | sipiŋiyour osier's | sipisinihis osier's | sipibizniour osier's | sipigizniyou all's osier's | sipilerinitheir osiers' |
| Accusative | sipinithe osier (as the object) | sipimimy osier (as the object) | sipiŋiyour osier (as the object) | sipisinhis osier (as the object) | sipibizniour osier (as the object) | sipigizniyou all's osier (as the object) | sipilerintheir osiers (as the object) |
| Dative | sipigeto the osier | sipimeto my osier | sipiŋeto your osier | sipisineto his osier | sipibizgeto our osier | sipigizgeto you all's osier | sipilerineto their osiers |
| Locative | sipidein / at the osier | sipimdein / at my osier | sipiŋdein / at your osier | sipisindein / at his osier | sipibizdein / at our osier | sipigizdein / at you all's osier | sipilerindein / at their osiers |
| Ablative | sipidenfrom the osier | sipimdenfrom my osier | sipiŋdenfrom your osier | sipisindenfrom his osier | sipibizdenfrom our osier | sipigizdenfrom you all's osier | sipilerindenfrom their osiers |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sipilethe osiers | sipilerimmy osiers | sipileriŋyour osiers | sipilerihis osiers | sipileribizour osiers | sipilerigizyou all's osiers | sipileritheir osiers |
| Genitive | sipilenithe osiers' | sipilerimimy osiers' | sipileriŋiyour osiers' | sipilerinihis osiers' | sipileribizniour osiers' | sipilerigizniyou all's osiers' | sipilerinitheir osiers' |
| Accusative | sipilenithe osiers (as the object) | sipilerimimy osiers (as the object) | sipileriŋiyour osiers (as the object) | sipilerinhis osiers (as the object) | sipileribizniour osiers (as the object) | sipilerigizniyou all's osiers (as the object) | sipilerintheir osiers (as the object) |
| Dative | sipilegeto the osiers | sipilerimeto my osiers | sipileriŋeto your osiers | sipilerineto his osiers | sipileribizgeto our osiers | sipilerigizgeto you all's osiers | sipilerineto their osiers |
| Locative | sipiledein / at the osiers | sipilerimdein / at my osiers | sipileriŋdein / at your osiers | sipilerindein / at his osiers | sipileribizdein / at our osiers | sipilerigizdein / at you all's osiers | sipilerindein / at their osiers |
| Ablative | sipiledenfrom the osiers | sipilerimdenfrom my osiers | sipileriŋdenfrom your osiers | sipilerindenfrom his osiers | sipileribizdenfrom our osiers | sipilerigizdenfrom you all's osiers | sipilerindenfrom their osiers |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: sipileri can mean "his / her osiers", "their osier", or "their osiers" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.