tawkellik
/tawkellik/
1. courage, daring, boldness
- tawkellik kerekdi — courage is needed
- jaşnı tawkelligi ulludu — the young man's daring is great
- anı tawkelligine seyir etdim — I marveled at his courage
- kölsüzlege tawkellik beredi ol — it gives courage to the faint-hearted
2. resolve, determination, resoluteness — With eterge it means "make up one's mind, pluck up courage".
- tawkellik eterge — to show resolve, to bring oneself to it
- ol tawkellik etalmadı — he could not bring himself to it
- tawkelligi bolmağan — one who has no resolve, an irresolute person
- qıyınlıqnı horlarğa tawkellik et — find the resolve to overcome hardship
Cases and owners
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tawkellikthe courage | tawkelligimmy courage | tawkelligiŋyour courage | tawkelligihis courage | tawkelligibizour courage | tawkelligigizyou all's courage | tawkellikleritheir courages |
| Genitive | tawkelliknithe courage's | tawkelligimimy courage's | tawkelligiŋiyour courage's | tawkelliginihis courage's | tawkelligibizniour courage's | tawkelligigizniyou all's courage's | tawkelliklerinitheir courages' |
| Accusative | tawkelliknithe courage (as the object) | tawkelligimimy courage (as the object) | tawkelligiŋiyour courage (as the object) | tawkelliginhis courage (as the object) | tawkelligibizniour courage (as the object) | tawkelligigizniyou all's courage (as the object) | tawkelliklerintheir courages (as the object) |
| Dative | tawkellikgeto the courage | tawkelligimeto my courage | tawkelligiŋeto your courage | tawkelligineto his courage | tawkelligibizgeto our courage | tawkelligigizgeto you all's courage | tawkelliklerineto their courages |
| Locative | tawkellikdein / at the courage | tawkelligimdein / at my courage | tawkelligiŋdein / at your courage | tawkelligindein / at his courage | tawkelligibizdein / at our courage | tawkelligigizdein / at you all's courage | tawkelliklerindein / at their courages |
| Ablative | tawkellikdenfrom the courage | tawkelligimdenfrom my courage | tawkelligiŋdenfrom your courage | tawkelligindenfrom his courage | tawkelligibizdenfrom our courage | tawkelligigizdenfrom you all's courage | tawkelliklerindenfrom their courages |
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.