talaw
/talaw/
1. anthrax; a livestock disease with festering or swollen skin sores, also glanders or strangles — Especially a disease of horses and other livestock.
- qara talaw — cutaneous anthrax
- malğa talaw tiygendi — anthrax has struck the livestock
- atla talawdan awruydula — horses are sick with anthrax
- qan talaw — bloody flux (a livestock disease with bloody diarrhea)
- adamlağa, mallağa awruw, talaw çaçadı — spreads sickness and anthrax to people and livestock
- taşha talaw tiymez — anthrax does not strike a stone
2. tetanus — Also used in curses wishing illness on someone, as in talaw tierik; more loosely, any deadly disease.
- talawdan öldü — he died of tetanus
- talaw tierik! — may tetanus strike you!
- talaw awruw — tetanus disease
Expressions
- sen maŋa etgen talaw bolsun — not afraid of you
- ol barğan jerge awruw, talaw barmasın — reply to a toast
- taşha talaw tiymez — bad people unharmed
- taşha talawmu tierikdi — nothing will happen
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | talawthe anthrax | talawummy anthrax | talawuŋyour anthrax | talawuhis anthrax | talawubuzour anthrax | talawuğuzyou all's anthrax | talawlarıtheir anthraxes |
| Genitive | talawnuthe anthrax's | talawumumy anthrax's | talawuŋuyour anthrax's | talawunuhis anthrax's | talawubuznuour anthrax's | talawuğuznuyou all's anthrax's | talawlarınıtheir anthraxes' |
| Accusative | talawnuthe anthrax (as the object) | talawumumy anthrax (as the object) | talawuŋuyour anthrax (as the object) | talawunhis anthrax (as the object) | talawubuznuour anthrax (as the object) | talawuğuznuyou all's anthrax (as the object) | talawlarıntheir anthraxes (as the object) |
| Dative | talawğato the anthrax | talawumato my anthrax | talawuŋato your anthrax | talawunato his anthrax | talawubuzğato our anthrax | talawuğuzğato you all's anthrax | talawlarınato their anthraxes |
| Locative | talawdain / at the anthrax | talawumdain / at my anthrax | talawuŋdain / at your anthrax | talawundain / at his anthrax | talawubuzdain / at our anthrax | talawuğuzdain / at you all's anthrax | talawlarındain / at their anthraxes |
| Ablative | talawdanfrom the anthrax | talawumdanfrom my anthrax | talawuŋdanfrom your anthrax | talawundanfrom his anthrax | talawubuzdanfrom our anthrax | talawuğuzdanfrom you all's anthrax | talawlarındanfrom their anthraxes |
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.