taraqçı
/taraqtʃɯ/
Definitions
1. a daughter — the folk blessing wishes a таракъчы (a girl who will card wool) and then a таякъчы (a boy who will herd); TSKBYA marks the reading эвф.
- alğı burun taraqçı tabsın — may she bear a daughter first
- al taphanı taraqçı bolsun — may her first-born be a daughter
- taraqçı taphandı — she has borne a daughter
2. one who cards wool
- taraqçı taraq tutsun — let the carder hold a carding comb
- jün taraqçı — a wool carder
- taraqçı qatın — a woman who cards wool
Related
tayaqçıcounterpartson, a male child, in the language of folk poetry; herdsman, one who tends grazing animals
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | taraqçıthe daughter | taraqçılathe daughters | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | taraqçınıthe daughter's | taraqçılanıthe daughters' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | taraqçınıthe daughter (as the object) | taraqçılanıthe daughters (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | taraqçığato the daughter | taraqçılağato the daughters | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | taraqçıdaat / in the daughter | taraqçıladaat / in the daughters | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | taraqçıdanfrom the daughter | taraqçıladanfrom the daughters | 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 | taraqçımmy daughter | taraqçılarımmy daughters |
| your | taraqçıngyour daughter | taraqçılarıngyour daughters |
| his / her | taraqçısıhis / her daughter | taraqçılarıhis / her daughters |
| our | taraqçıbızour daughter | taraqçılarıbızour daughters |
| you all's | taraqçığızyou all's daughter | taraqçılarığızyou all's daughters |
| their | taraqçılarıtheir daughter | taraqçılarıtheir daughters |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: taraqçıları can mean "his / her daughters", "their daughter", or "their daughters" — context decides.