soyum
/sojum/
Definitions
1. slaughter-meat, an animal slaughtered to provide a household with meat; the meat of it
- soyum mal — an animal set aside for slaughter
- soyumğa soyarğa — to slaughter for winter provisions
- soyum eterge — to lay in slaughter-meat
2. an animal offered up at a religious festival or brought to a wedding by kin
- qurmanga soyum — an offering for the feast of sacrifice
- toyğa soyum keltirirge — to bring a slaughter animal to the wedding
3. the flaying and butchering of a slaughtered animal
- soyum başlandı — the flaying has begun
Related
soğumvariantthe autumn slaughter of livestock laid in as meat for the winter
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | soyumthe slaughter-meat | soyumlathe slaughter-meats | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | soyumnuthe slaughter-meat's | soyumlanıthe slaughter-meats' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | soyumnuthe slaughter-meat (as the object) | soyumlanıthe slaughter-meats (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | soyumğato the slaughter-meat | soyumlağato the slaughter-meats | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | soyumdaat / in the slaughter-meat | soyumladaat / in the slaughter-meats | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | soyumdanfrom the slaughter-meat | soyumladanfrom the slaughter-meats | 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 | soyumummy slaughter-meat | soyumlarımmy slaughter-meats |
| your | soyumungyour slaughter-meat | soyumlarıngyour slaughter-meats |
| his / her | soyumuhis / her slaughter-meat | soyumlarıhis / her slaughter-meats |
| our | soyumubuzour slaughter-meat | soyumlarıbızour slaughter-meats |
| you all's | soyumuğuzyou all's slaughter-meat | soyumlarığızyou all's slaughter-meats |
| their | soyumlarıtheir slaughter-meat | soyumlarıtheir slaughter-meats |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: soyumları can mean "his / her slaughter-meats", "their slaughter-meat", or "their slaughter-meats" — context decides.