tabası
/tabasɯ/
1. side, direction, the part of something that lies in a given direction — Follows the noun it belongs to and takes case endings of its own.
- Volganı ayaq tabası — the lower reaches of the Volga
- maŋılay tabası tar — narrow across the brow
- köknü qıbıla tabası — the southern side of the sky
2. laughing-stock, object of other people's gloating — Said of someone whose misfortune or disgrace others openly enjoy. one source
- ala tabası bolmayıq — let's not become their laughing-stock
- jaw tabası bolurğa — to become the enemy's laughing-stock
- süymegenleni tabası — the laughing-stock of those who dislike one
Cases
| Case | —plain |
|---|---|
| Nominative | tabasıthe side |
| Genitive | tabasınıthe side's |
| Accusative | tabasınıthe side (as the object) |
| Dative | tabasığato the side |
| Locative | tabasıdain / at the side |
| Ablative | tabasıdanfrom the side |
There is no plural of this word. The ending would attach like any other — it is the word, not the grammar, that refuses: this is not something Karachay counts.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.