smena
/smena/ · plural smenala
1. a shift, one of the periods into which a working day is divided — Also used before another noun like an adjective, as in smena iş shift work.
- kündüzgü smena — the day shift
- keçegi smena — the night shift
- smenağa barırğa — to go on shift
- smena bla işlerge — to work in shifts
- birinçi smena boşaldı — the first shift ended
- smena iş — shift work
2. the rising generation, successors
- sabiyle bizni smenabızdıla — children are our successors
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | smenathe shift | smenammy shift | smenaŋyour shift | smenasıhis shift | smenabızour shift | smenağızyou all's shift | smenalarıtheir shifts |
| Genitive | smenanıthe shift's | smenamımy shift's | smenaŋıyour shift's | smenasınıhis shift's | smenabıznıour shift's | smenağıznıyou all's shift's | smenalarınıtheir shifts' |
| Accusative | smenanıthe shift (as the object) | smenamımy shift (as the object) | smenaŋıyour shift (as the object) | smenasınhis shift (as the object) | smenabıznıour shift (as the object) | smenağıznıyou all's shift (as the object) | smenalarıntheir shifts (as the object) |
| Dative | smenağato the shift | smenamato my shift | smenaŋato your shift | smenasınato his shift | smenabızğato our shift | smenağızğato you all's shift | smenalarınato their shifts |
| Locative | smenadain / at the shift | smenamdain / at my shift | smenaŋdain / at your shift | smenasındain / at his shift | smenabızdain / at our shift | smenağızdain / at you all's shift | smenalarındain / at their shifts |
| Ablative | smenadanfrom the shift | smenamdanfrom my shift | smenaŋdanfrom your shift | smenasındanfrom his shift | smenabızdanfrom our shift | smenağızdanfrom you all's shift | smenalarındanfrom their shifts |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | smenalathe shifts | smenalarımmy shifts | smenalarıŋyour shifts | smenalarıhis shifts | smenalarıbızour shifts | smenalarığızyou all's shifts | smenalarıtheir shifts |
| Genitive | smenalanıthe shifts' | smenalarımımy shifts' | smenalarıŋıyour shifts' | smenalarınıhis shifts' | smenalarıbıznıour shifts' | smenalarığıznıyou all's shifts' | smenalarınıtheir shifts' |
| Accusative | smenalanıthe shifts (as the object) | smenalarımımy shifts (as the object) | smenalarıŋıyour shifts (as the object) | smenalarınhis shifts (as the object) | smenalarıbıznıour shifts (as the object) | smenalarığıznıyou all's shifts (as the object) | smenalarıntheir shifts (as the object) |
| Dative | smenalağato the shifts | smenalarımato my shifts | smenalarıŋato your shifts | smenalarınato his shifts | smenalarıbızğato our shifts | smenalarığızğato you all's shifts | smenalarınato their shifts |
| Locative | smenaladain / at the shifts | smenalarımdain / at my shifts | smenalarıŋdain / at your shifts | smenalarındain / at his shifts | smenalarıbızdain / at our shifts | smenalarığızdain / at you all's shifts | smenalarındain / at their shifts |
| Ablative | smenaladanfrom the shifts | smenalarımdanfrom my shifts | smenalarıŋdanfrom your shifts | smenalarındanfrom his shifts | smenalarıbızdanfrom our shifts | smenalarığızdanfrom you all's shifts | smenalarındanfrom their shifts |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: smenaları can mean "his / her shifts", "their shift", or "their shifts" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.