sirke
/sirke/ · plural sirkele
1. nit, louse egg
- başı sirke bolğandı — his head has become full of nits
- anı çaçın sirke bashandı — nits have covered her hair
- appanı tonu sirkeden tolu — grandpa's fur coat is full of nits
- sirkeden tolurğa — to become covered in nits
- kölegi sirke, bit bolub — his shirt teeming with nits and lice
2. vinegar — Unrelated to the nit.
- sirkeni iyisi — the smell of vinegar
- sirkeni aşha qoşdula — they added the vinegar to the food
- sirke içgença bet etdi — he made a face as though he had drunk vinegar
- uçuz sirke baldan tatlı — cheap vinegar is sweeter than honey
3. eczema, ringworm, itchy skin disease
- at sirke — eczema, ringworm
- sirkeden awruğanla — those sick with eczema
- sirkege baqğan darman — a medicine for eczema
- sirke qoluna çıqğandı — eczema has broken out on his hand
- sirke awruw jayılğandı — the eczema has spread
Expressions
- sirkesi sıtılmazğa — come through unharmed
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sirkethe nit | sirkemmy nit | sirkeŋyour nit | sirkesihis nit | sirkebizour nit | sirkegizyou all's nit | sirkeleritheir nits |
| Genitive | sirkenithe nit's | sirkemimy nit's | sirkeŋiyour nit's | sirkesinihis nit's | sirkebizniour nit's | sirkegizniyou all's nit's | sirkelerinitheir nits' |
| Accusative | sirkenithe nit (as the object) | sirkemimy nit (as the object) | sirkeŋiyour nit (as the object) | sirkesinhis nit (as the object) | sirkebizniour nit (as the object) | sirkegizniyou all's nit (as the object) | sirkelerintheir nits (as the object) |
| Dative | sirkegeto the nit | sirkemeto my nit | sirkeŋeto your nit | sirkesineto his nit | sirkebizgeto our nit | sirkegizgeto you all's nit | sirkelerineto their nits |
| Locative | sirkedein / at the nit | sirkemdein / at my nit | sirkeŋdein / at your nit | sirkesindein / at his nit | sirkebizdein / at our nit | sirkegizdein / at you all's nit | sirkelerindein / at their nits |
| Ablative | sirkedenfrom the nit | sirkemdenfrom my nit | sirkeŋdenfrom your nit | sirkesindenfrom his nit | sirkebizdenfrom our nit | sirkegizdenfrom you all's nit | sirkelerindenfrom their nits |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sirkelethe nits | sirkelerimmy nits | sirkeleriŋyour nits | sirkelerihis nits | sirkeleribizour nits | sirkelerigizyou all's nits | sirkeleritheir nits |
| Genitive | sirkelenithe nits' | sirkelerimimy nits' | sirkeleriŋiyour nits' | sirkelerinihis nits' | sirkeleribizniour nits' | sirkelerigizniyou all's nits' | sirkelerinitheir nits' |
| Accusative | sirkelenithe nits (as the object) | sirkelerimimy nits (as the object) | sirkeleriŋiyour nits (as the object) | sirkelerinhis nits (as the object) | sirkeleribizniour nits (as the object) | sirkelerigizniyou all's nits (as the object) | sirkelerintheir nits (as the object) |
| Dative | sirkelegeto the nits | sirkelerimeto my nits | sirkeleriŋeto your nits | sirkelerineto his nits | sirkeleribizgeto our nits | sirkelerigizgeto you all's nits | sirkelerineto their nits |
| Locative | sirkeledein / at the nits | sirkelerimdein / at my nits | sirkeleriŋdein / at your nits | sirkelerindein / at his nits | sirkeleribizdein / at our nits | sirkelerigizdein / at you all's nits | sirkelerindein / at their nits |
| Ablative | sirkeledenfrom the nits | sirkelerimdenfrom my nits | sirkeleriŋdenfrom your nits | sirkelerindenfrom his nits | sirkeleribizdenfrom our nits | sirkelerigizdenfrom you all's nits | sirkelerindenfrom their nits |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: sirkeleri can mean "his / her nits", "their nit", or "their nits" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.