tawruh
/tawrux/ · plural tawruhla
1. legend, tale, fairy tale, story handed down from the past
- sabiy tawruh — a tale for children
- tawruh aytadı — tells a tale
- nart tawruhları — Nart legends
- nart tawruhla bla jomaqla aytadıla — they tell Nart legends and tales
- nartlanı üsünden tawruhla — legends about the Narts
- burundan tawruhla — legends from long ago
2. story, account of an event
- ashağan tawruhum ulludu — the story of how I came to limp is long
- menŋe tawruhun aytdı — he told me his story
- tawruhnu eşitdik — we heard the story
- bir jaŋı tawruh eşitdim — I heard a new story
- ol künnü tawruhu — the story of that day
- tawruh etib aylanma — don't go around spreading the story
3. fabrication, invention, something unbelievable
- haparı tawruhdu — his story is a fabrication
- tawruhnu qoyuğuz — give up the fabrication
- sabiy jubathan tawruhla — tall tales to soothe children
- barı da sabiy jubathan tawruhladıla — they are all tall tales to soothe children
Expressions
- kümüşçünü tawruhu — tall tale
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tawruhthe legend | tawruhummy legend | tawruhuŋyour legend | tawruhuhis legend | tawruhubuzour legend | tawruhuğuzyou all's legend | tawruhlarıtheir legends |
| Genitive | tawruhnuthe legend's | tawruhumumy legend's | tawruhuŋuyour legend's | tawruhunuhis legend's | tawruhubuznuour legend's | tawruhuğuznuyou all's legend's | tawruhlarınıtheir legends' |
| Accusative | tawruhnuthe legend (as the object) | tawruhumumy legend (as the object) | tawruhuŋuyour legend (as the object) | tawruhunhis legend (as the object) | tawruhubuznuour legend (as the object) | tawruhuğuznuyou all's legend (as the object) | tawruhlarıntheir legends (as the object) |
| Dative | tawruhhato the legend | tawruhumato my legend | tawruhuŋato your legend | tawruhunato his legend | tawruhubuzğato our legend | tawruhuğuzğato you all's legend | tawruhlarınato their legends |
| Locative | tawruhdain / at the legend | tawruhumdain / at my legend | tawruhuŋdain / at your legend | tawruhundain / at his legend | tawruhubuzdain / at our legend | tawruhuğuzdain / at you all's legend | tawruhlarındain / at their legends |
| Ablative | tawruhdanfrom the legend | tawruhumdanfrom my legend | tawruhuŋdanfrom your legend | tawruhundanfrom his legend | tawruhubuzdanfrom our legend | tawruhuğuzdanfrom you all's legend | tawruhlarındanfrom their legends |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tawruhlathe legends | tawruhlarımmy legends | tawruhlarıŋyour legends | tawruhlarıhis legends | tawruhlarıbızour legends | tawruhlarığızyou all's legends | tawruhlarıtheir legends |
| Genitive | tawruhlanıthe legends' | tawruhlarımımy legends' | tawruhlarıŋıyour legends' | tawruhlarınıhis legends' | tawruhlarıbıznıour legends' | tawruhlarığıznıyou all's legends' | tawruhlarınıtheir legends' |
| Accusative | tawruhlanıthe legends (as the object) | tawruhlarımımy legends (as the object) | tawruhlarıŋıyour legends (as the object) | tawruhlarınhis legends (as the object) | tawruhlarıbıznıour legends (as the object) | tawruhlarığıznıyou all's legends (as the object) | tawruhlarıntheir legends (as the object) |
| Dative | tawruhlağato the legends | tawruhlarımato my legends | tawruhlarıŋato your legends | tawruhlarınato his legends | tawruhlarıbızğato our legends | tawruhlarığızğato you all's legends | tawruhlarınato their legends |
| Locative | tawruhladain / at the legends | tawruhlarımdain / at my legends | tawruhlarıŋdain / at your legends | tawruhlarındain / at his legends | tawruhlarıbızdain / at our legends | tawruhlarığızdain / at you all's legends | tawruhlarındain / at their legends |
| Ablative | tawruhladanfrom the legends | tawruhlarımdanfrom my legends | tawruhlarıŋdanfrom your legends | tawruhlarındanfrom his legends | tawruhlarıbızdanfrom our legends | tawruhlarığızdanfrom you all's legends | tawruhlarındanfrom their legends |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: tawruhları can mean "his / her legends", "their legend", or "their legends" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.