sütbaşı
/sytbaʃɯ/
Definitions
1. sour cream
- sütbaşı bla hıçın — a pie with sour cream
- sütbaşını quyarğa — to pour out the sour cream
- sütbaşı aşarğa — to eat sour cream
2. cream, the fatty layer that rises on milk
- jangı sütbaşı — fresh cream
- sütbaşın alırğa — to skim off the cream
- qalın sütbaşı — thick cream
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | sütbaşıthe sour cream | sütbaşılathe sour creams | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | sütbaşınıthe sour cream's | sütbaşılanıthe sour creams' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | sütbaşınıthe sour cream (as the object) | sütbaşılanıthe sour creams (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | sütbaşığato the sour cream | sütbaşılağato the sour creams | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | sütbaşıdaat / in the sour cream | sütbaşıladaat / in the sour creams | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | sütbaşıdanfrom the sour cream | sütbaşıladanfrom the sour creams | 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 | sütbaşımmy sour cream | sütbaşılarımmy sour creams |
| your | sütbaşıngyour sour cream | sütbaşılarıngyour sour creams |
| his / her | sütbaşısıhis / her sour cream | sütbaşılarıhis / her sour creams |
| our | sütbaşıbızour sour cream | sütbaşılarıbızour sour creams |
| you all's | sütbaşığızyou all's sour cream | sütbaşılarığızyou all's sour creams |
| their | sütbaşılarıtheir sour cream | sütbaşılarıtheir sour creams |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: sütbaşıları can mean "his / her sour creams", "their sour cream", or "their sour creams" — context decides.