sır
/sɯr/
Definitions
1. a secret, what a person keeps back from others
- sırın açarğa — to disclose someone's secret
- sırıngı berme — do not give away your secret
- bir sırım — a secret
2. honour, the good name a person or a community holds
- elingi sırın saqla — guard the honour of your village
- sırın saqlağan adam — a person who keeps his honour
- halqıngı sırın saqla — guard the honour of your people
3. the line a person is descended from, his kin
- adam sırına tartadı — a person takes after their kin
- sır — sırına — kin to its kin
4. the settled way a person or an animal behaves
- atasını sırı ulunda — the father's ways are in the son
- malnı sırın bilirge — to know the ways of the stock
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sırthe secret | sırlathe secrets | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | sırnıthe secret's | sırlanıthe secrets' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | sırnıthe secret (as the object) | sırlanıthe secrets (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | sırğato the secret | sırlağato the secrets | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | sırdaat / in the secret | sırladaat / in the secrets | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | sırdanfrom the secret | sırladanfrom the secrets | 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 | sırımmy secret | sırlarımmy secrets |
| your | sırıngyour secret | sırlarıngyour secrets |
| his / her | sırıhis / her secret | sırlarıhis / her secrets |
| our | sırıbızour secret | sırlarıbızour secrets |
| you all's | sırığızyou all's secret | sırlarığızyou all's secrets |
| their | sırlarıtheir secret | sırlarıtheir secrets |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: sırları can mean "his / her secrets", "their secret", or "their secrets" — context decides.