süt
/syt/
Definition
milk
- jangı sawulğan süt — freshly milked milk
- qaynağan süt — boiled milk
- çiy süt — raw milk
- süt süek ösdürür — milk makes bone grow — a proverb
Origin
A word Karachay inherited from Proto-Turkic; Siemieniec-Gołaś lists it among the Proto-Turkic stock of Karachay-Balkar (2000, p. 45).Found in
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sütthe milk | sütlethe milk | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | sütnüthe milk's | sütlenithe milk's | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | sütnüthe milk (as the object) | sütlenithe milk (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | sütgeto the milk | sütlegeto the milk | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | sütdeat / in the milk | sütledeat / in the milk | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | sütdenfrom the milk | sütledenfrom the milk | 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 | sütümmy milk | sütlerimmy milk |
| your | sütüngyour milk | sütleringyour milk |
| his / her | sütühis / her milk | sütlerihis / her milk |
| our | sütübüzour milk | sütleribizour milk |
| you all's | sütügüzyou all's milk | sütlerigizyou all's milk |
| their | sütleritheir milk | sütleritheir milk |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: sütleri can mean "his / her milk", "their milk", or "their milk" — context decides.