tağıwçu
/taʁɯwtʃu/
Definitions
1. hanger, a peg or rail on which clothes are hung
- tağıwçuğa asarğa — to hang something on the hanger
- tağıwçuda kiyimle — the clothes on the hanger
- tağıwçu boşdu — the hanger is empty
2. coupler, the railway worker who joins carriages together
- temir jolda tağıwçu — the coupler on the railway
- tağıwçu işleydi — the coupler is at work
- tağıwçunu işi — the coupler's work
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tağıwçuthe hanger | tağıwçulathe hangers | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | tağıwçunuthe hanger's | tağıwçulanıthe hangers' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | tağıwçunuthe hanger (as the object) | tağıwçulanıthe hangers (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | tağıwçuğato the hanger | tağıwçulağato the hangers | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | tağıwçudaat / in the hanger | tağıwçuladaat / in the hangers | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | tağıwçudanfrom the hanger | tağıwçuladanfrom the hangers | 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 | tağıwçummy hanger | tağıwçularımmy hangers |
| your | tağıwçungyour hanger | tağıwçularıngyour hangers |
| his / her | tağıwçusuhis / her hanger | tağıwçularıhis / her hangers |
| our | tağıwçubuzour hanger | tağıwçularıbızour hangers |
| you all's | tağıwçuğuzyou all's hanger | tağıwçularığızyou all's hangers |
| their | tağıwçularıtheir hanger | tağıwçularıtheir hangers |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: tağıwçuları can mean "his / her hangers", "their hanger", or "their hangers" — context decides.