soluw
/soluw/
verbal noun of solurğa →
1. breathing, breath, respiration
- qıynalıb soluw — labored breathing
- soluwu tıyıldı — his breathing stopped
- soluw alalmay — barely breathing
- sawsuznu soluwu tıyıla başladı — the patient's breathing began to fail
- soluwun alıb alğa bardı jolçu — catching his breath, the traveler went on
2. rest, relaxation, respite, break
- qıynalmasaŋ, soluwnu hayırın bilmezse — if you don't toil, you won't know the value of rest
- urunuwdan sora soluw tatlı bolur — rest is sweet after hard labor
- awruğan bir kesek soluw tabdı — the sick person found a little rest
- taw qoynunda soluw tabdıq — in the bosom of the mountains we found rest
- soluwğa çıqdıq — we went off for a rest
3. day off, holiday, vacation, leave — Used before another noun, as in soluw kün "day off".
- soluw kün — a day off
- eki soluw künde — on the two days off
- soluw künleri quwançlı ötdü — the days off passed joyfully
- har jılğı soluw — annual leave
- soluw üy — a rest home
Expressions
- gurgun soluw eterge — pant
- jan soluw eterge — pant
- soluw aldırmazğa — give no rest
- soluw bermezge — give no rest
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | soluwthe breathing | soluwummy breathing | soluwuŋyour breathing | soluwuhis breathing | soluwubuzour breathing | soluwuğuzyou all's breathing | soluwlarıtheir breathings |
| Genitive | soluwnuthe breathing's | soluwumumy breathing's | soluwuŋuyour breathing's | soluwunuhis breathing's | soluwubuznuour breathing's | soluwuğuznuyou all's breathing's | soluwlarınıtheir breathings' |
| Accusative | soluwnuthe breathing (as the object) | soluwumumy breathing (as the object) | soluwuŋuyour breathing (as the object) | soluwunhis breathing (as the object) | soluwubuznuour breathing (as the object) | soluwuğuznuyou all's breathing (as the object) | soluwlarıntheir breathings (as the object) |
| Dative | soluwğato the breathing | soluwumato my breathing | soluwuŋato your breathing | soluwunato his breathing | soluwubuzğato our breathing | soluwuğuzğato you all's breathing | soluwlarınato their breathings |
| Locative | soluwdain / at the breathing | soluwumdain / at my breathing | soluwuŋdain / at your breathing | soluwundain / at his breathing | soluwubuzdain / at our breathing | soluwuğuzdain / at you all's breathing | soluwlarındain / at their breathings |
| Ablative | soluwdanfrom the breathing | soluwumdanfrom my breathing | soluwuŋdanfrom your breathing | soluwundanfrom his breathing | soluwubuzdanfrom our breathing | soluwuğuzdanfrom you all's breathing | soluwlarındanfrom their breathings |
There is no plural of this word. The ending would attach like any other — it is the word, not the grammar, that refuses: this is not something Karachay counts.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.