soqmaq
/soqmaq/
Definitions
1. a beaten path, a narrow trail
- soqmaq bla barırğa — to go along the path
- soqmaq salırğa — to make a path
- tar soqmaq — a narrow trail
2. a track, a footprint left on a surface
- tülkünü soqmağı — the fox's tracks
- qarda soqmaq — tracks in the snow
- janıwarlanı soqmaqları — the tracks of wild animals
3. the trace that a person's work leaves behind
- jaşawda soqmağın saldı — he left his trace on life
- igilikni soqmağı — the trace left by good deeds
- anı soqmağı bla barırğa — to follow in his footsteps
Related
jolsame classroad, path, or track along which one travels; means or method by which something is accomplished; course or line of policy that a body of people follows; established order or settled manner of communal life; occasion on which something happens; a time; good fortune, success attending what one undertakes
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | soqmaqthe beaten path | soqmaqlathe beaten paths | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | soqmaqnıthe beaten path's | soqmaqlanıthe beaten paths' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | soqmaqnıthe beaten path (as the object) | soqmaqlanıthe beaten paths (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | soqmaqğato the beaten path | soqmaqlağato the beaten paths | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | soqmaqdaat / in the beaten path | soqmaqladaat / in the beaten paths | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | soqmaqdanfrom the beaten path | soqmaqladanfrom the beaten paths | 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 | soqmağımmy beaten path | soqmaqlarımmy beaten paths |
| your | soqmağıngyour beaten path | soqmaqlarıngyour beaten paths |
| his / her | soqmağıhis / her beaten path | soqmaqlarıhis / her beaten paths |
| our | soqmağıbızour beaten path | soqmaqlarıbızour beaten paths |
| you all's | soqmağığızyou all's beaten path | soqmaqlarığızyou all's beaten paths |
| their | soqmaqlarıtheir beaten path | soqmaqlarıtheir beaten paths |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: soqmaqları can mean "his / her beaten paths", "their beaten path", or "their beaten paths" — context decides.