tübsüz
/tybsyz/
Balkar spelling: tüpsüz
1. bottomless, without a bottom — Of a vessel, as in the proverb tübsüz çelek suwdan tolmaz (a bottomless bucket never fills with water), said of a greedy person.
- tübsüz çelek suwdan tolmaz — a bottomless pail will not fill with water
- tübsüz çelekde suw turmaz — water does not stay in a bottomless pail
- bu çelek tübsüzdü — this pail is bottomless
2. fathomless, unfathomably deep — Of a lake or a bog: tübsüz köl a bottomless, deep lake; tübsüz mırdı a deep, sucking bog.
- tübsüz köl — a fathomless lake
- tübsüz mırdı — a fathomless bog
- tübsüz mırdığa kirme — do not step into a fathomless bog
Expressions
- tübsüz çelek kibik — unreliable liar; never enough
- tübsüz kölge ketgen taş kibik — vanished without trace
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki tübsüzdümine is bottomless | seniki tübsüzdüyours is bottomless | anıqı tübsüzdühis is bottomless | bizniki tübsüzdüours is bottomless | sizniki tübsüzdüyours (pl.) is bottomless | alanıqı tübsüzdütheirs is bottomless |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile tübsüzdülemine are bottomless | senikile tübsüzdüleyours are bottomless | anıqıla tübsüzdülehis are bottomless | biznikile tübsüzdüleours are bottomless | siznikile tübsüzdüleyours (pl.) are bottomless | alanıqıla tübsüzdületheirs are bottomless |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu tübsüzdü, bıla tübsüzdüle. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".