sıyıt
/ sɯjɯt /
Definitions noun lamentation, keening, weeping over the dead
Definitions noun wailing, outcry, crying out
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sıyıt the lamentation | sıyıtla the lamentations | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | sıyıtnı the lamentation's | sıyıtlanı the lamentations' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | sıyıtnı the lamentation (as the object) | sıyıtlanı the lamentations (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | sıyıtha to the lamentation | sıyıtlağa to the lamentations | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | sıyıtda at / in the lamentation | sıyıtlada at / in the lamentations | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | sıyıtdan from the lamentation | sıyıtladan from the lamentations | 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 | sıyıtım my lamentation | sıyıtlarım my lamentations |
| your | sıyıtıŋ your lamentation | sıyıtlarıŋ your lamentations |
| his / her | sıyıtı his / her lamentation | sıyıtları his / her lamentations |
| our | sıyıtıbız our lamentation | sıyıtlarıbız our lamentations |
| you all's | sıyıtığız you all's lamentation | sıyıtlarığız you all's lamentations |
| their | sıyıtları their lamentation | sıyıtları their lamentations |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: sıyıtları can mean "his / her lamentations", "their lamentation", or "their lamentations" — context decides.