tartar
/tartar/
Definitions
1. the corncrake, the landrail
- tartar qıyınlıqnı awuzundan tabar — the corncrake earns its trouble with its own mouth
- tartar tarğa qaçar — the corncrake flees to a narrow place
- tartarnı awazı — the call of the corncrake
- tartar, dürüden çığıb, uçub ketdi — the corncrake came out of the stubble and flew off
2. a puny, undersized creature
- tartar kibik jaşçıq — a puny little boy
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tartarthe corncrake | tartarlathe corncrakes | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | tartarnıthe corncrake's | tartarlanıthe corncrakes' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | tartarnıthe corncrake (as the object) | tartarlanıthe corncrakes (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | tartarğato the corncrake | tartarlağato the corncrakes | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | tartardaat / in the corncrake | tartarladaat / in the corncrakes | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | tartardanfrom the corncrake | tartarladanfrom the corncrakes | 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 | tartarımmy corncrake | tartarlarımmy corncrakes |
| your | tartarıngyour corncrake | tartarlarıngyour corncrakes |
| his / her | tartarıhis / her corncrake | tartarlarıhis / her corncrakes |
| our | tartarıbızour corncrake | tartarlarıbızour corncrakes |
| you all's | tartarığızyou all's corncrake | tartarlarığızyou all's corncrakes |
| their | tartarlarıtheir corncrake | tartarlarıtheir corncrakes |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: tartarları can mean "his / her corncrakes", "their corncrake", or "their corncrakes" — context decides.