tayğaq
/tajʁaq/
1. slippery, offering no hold to the foot
- tayğaq jol — a slippery road
- tayğaq buz — slippery ice
- jol buzlab tayğaq bolğandı — the road has iced over and become slippery
- jol tayğaq bolsa, esleb jürü — when the road is slippery, walk carefully
- çıq çabırlarıbıznı tayğaq etgendi — the dew has made our rawhide shoes slippery
2. risky, unreliable, precarious one source
- ol iş tayğaqdı — that business is risky
- tayğaq jolnu saylarğa — to choose a risky path
Degrees
| Degree | —form |
|---|---|
| base form | tayğaqslippery |
| comparative — more | tayğağıraqmore slippery |
| intensifier — very | bek tayğaqvery slippery |
| superlative — most | em tayğaqthe most slippery |
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki tayğaqdımine is slippery | seniki tayğaqdıyours is slippery | anıqı tayğaqdıhis is slippery | bizniki tayğaqdıours is slippery | sizniki tayğaqdıyours (pl.) is slippery | alanıqı tayğaqdıtheirs is slippery |
| comparative — more | meniki tayğağıraqdımine is more slippery | seniki tayğağıraqdıyours is more slippery | anıqı tayğağıraqdıhis is more slippery | bizniki tayğağıraqdıours is more slippery | sizniki tayğağıraqdıyours (pl.) is more slippery | alanıqı tayğağıraqdıtheirs is more slippery |
| intensifier — very | meniki bek tayğaqdımine is very slippery | seniki bek tayğaqdıyours is very slippery | anıqı bek tayğaqdıhis is very slippery | bizniki bek tayğaqdıours is very slippery | sizniki bek tayğaqdıyours (pl.) is very slippery | alanıqı bek tayğaqdıtheirs is very slippery |
| superlative — most | meniki em tayğaqdımine is the most slippery | seniki em tayğaqdıyours is the most slippery | anıqı em tayğaqdıhis is the most slippery | bizniki em tayğaqdıours is the most slippery | sizniki em tayğaqdıyours (pl.) is the most slippery | alanıqı em tayğaqdıtheirs is the most slippery |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile tayğaqdılamine are slippery | senikile tayğaqdılayours are slippery | anıqıla tayğaqdılahis are slippery | biznikile tayğaqdılaours are slippery | siznikile tayğaqdılayours (pl.) are slippery | alanıqıla tayğaqdılatheirs are slippery |
| comparative — more | menikile tayğağıraqdılamine are more slippery | senikile tayğağıraqdılayours are more slippery | anıqıla tayğağıraqdılahis are more slippery | biznikile tayğağıraqdılaours are more slippery | siznikile tayğağıraqdılayours (pl.) are more slippery | alanıqıla tayğağıraqdılatheirs are more slippery |
| intensifier — very | menikile bek tayğaqdılamine are very slippery | senikile bek tayğaqdılayours are very slippery | anıqıla bek tayğaqdılahis are very slippery | biznikile bek tayğaqdılaours are very slippery | siznikile bek tayğaqdılayours (pl.) are very slippery | alanıqıla bek tayğaqdılatheirs are very slippery |
| superlative — most | menikile em tayğaqdılamine are the most slippery | senikile em tayğaqdılayours are the most slippery | anıqıla em tayğaqdılahis are the most slippery | biznikile em tayğaqdılaours are the most slippery | siznikile em tayğaqdılayours (pl.) are the most slippery | alanıqıla em tayğaqdılatheirs are the most slippery |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu tayğaqdı, bıla tayğaqdıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".