sılhır

/sɯlxɯr/

1. (adj.) suffering from gid, having the staggers — Said of sheep and goats, as in sılhır toqlu and sılhır qoçhar.

sılhır qoy — a sheep with the staggers
sılhır eçki — a goat with the staggers
sılhır toqlu — a yearling lamb with the staggers
sılhır qoçhar — a ram with the staggers
bir sılhır qoy sürüwnü buzadı — one sheep with the staggers spoils the flock
sılhır qoy artda ürker — the sheep with the staggers takes fright last

2. (adj.) stupid, foolish, dim-witted (fig.) — Also of someone dazed or stupefied: sılhır bolurğa means grow stupid or be dazed. Proverb: sılhır qoy artdan ürker, the silly sheep is the last to take fright.

sılhır adam — a stupid person
sılhır qoy kibik — like a silly sheep
sılhır bolurğa — to grow stupid
sılhır bolğansa — you have become stupid
başımı sılhır etme — do not muddle my head
men alanı başların sılhır eterme — I will muddle their heads

3. (n.) fool, idiot, blockhead (fig.)

sılhırğa da belgilidi — it is known even to a fool
jahil sılhırla — ignorant fools

4. (adj.) senseless, meaningless (fig.) — For example sılhır onow, a senseless decision, and sılhır qaram, a blank look.

sılhır onow — a senseless decision
sılhır ölüm — a senseless death
sılhır qaram — a blank look
sılhır söz — a senseless word
sılhır hapar aytadı — he tells a meaningless story

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Guzeev (ed.) 1996–2005 · Explanatory Dictionary of the Karachay-Balkar Language · all meanings
Guzeev 2013 · Dictionary of Homonyms of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meanings 1, 2, 4
Nevruz 1991 · Karachay-Balkar–Turkish Dictionary · meaning 2
Suyunchev and Urusbiev (eds.) 1965 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Dictionary · meanings 2–4
Tenishev and Suyunchev (eds.) 1989 · Karachay-Balkar–Russian Dictionary · meanings 2, 3

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Saying it about someone

Saying it about someone — sılhır
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	sılhırmaI am suffering from gid/staggers	sılhırsayou are suffering from gid/staggers	sılhırdıhe is suffering from gid/staggers	sılhırbızwe are suffering from gid/staggers	sılhırsızyou all are suffering from gid/staggers	sılhırdılathey are suffering from gid/staggers

To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden sılhırdı — "compared to me, he is suffering from gid/staggers."

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — sılhır
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki sılhırdımine is suffering from gid/staggers	seniki sılhırdıyours is suffering from gid/staggers	anıqı sılhırdıhis is suffering from gid/staggers	bizniki sılhırdıours is suffering from gid/staggers	sizniki sılhırdıyours (pl.) is suffering from gid/staggers	alanıqı sılhırdıtheirs is suffering from gid/staggers

Several things

Several things — sılhır
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile sılhırdılamine are suffering from gid/staggers	senikile sılhırdılayours are suffering from gid/staggers	anıqıla sılhırdılahis are suffering from gid/staggers	biznikile sılhırdılaours are suffering from gid/staggers	siznikile sılhırdılayours (pl.) are suffering from gid/staggers	alanıqıla sılhırdılatheirs are suffering from gid/staggers

Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu sılhırdı, bıla sılhırdıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".