tepsi
/tepsi/ · plural tepsile
1. low table, round and three-legged, used for eating — It is brought in with the meal and carried away again afterward.
- üç ayaqlı tepsi — a three-legged table
- tepsi üynü ortasında edi — the low table stood in the middle of the room
- tepsige olturdula — they sat down at the table
- olturçu tepsige — sit down at the table
- tepsini üsüne aş saldı — she set the food on the table
- hant tepsi — a table laid for a meal
2. meal, food, table — Names the food set out as well as the table it is served on, as in qonaq tepsi 'a meal for guests'.
- qonaq tepsi — a meal for guests
- han tepsi — royal fare
- tepsi jaraşdırırğa — to set the table
- tepsige kel — come to the table
- tepsige jaraşırğa — to start eating
- tepsini artı artha qalğanŋa — what is left of the table is for the one who came late
Expressions
- tepsi tübü bla jaşarğa — live off others
- üçge deri tepsi ayaq — three times settles it
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tepsithe low table | tepsimmy low table | tepsiŋyour low table | tepsisihis low table | tepsibizour low table | tepsigizyou all's low table | tepsileritheir low tables |
| Genitive | tepsinithe low table's | tepsimimy low table's | tepsiŋiyour low table's | tepsisinihis low table's | tepsibizniour low table's | tepsigizniyou all's low table's | tepsilerinitheir low tables' |
| Accusative | tepsinithe low table (as the object) | tepsimimy low table (as the object) | tepsiŋiyour low table (as the object) | tepsisinhis low table (as the object) | tepsibizniour low table (as the object) | tepsigizniyou all's low table (as the object) | tepsilerintheir low tables (as the object) |
| Dative | tepsigeto the low table | tepsimeto my low table | tepsiŋeto your low table | tepsisineto his low table | tepsibizgeto our low table | tepsigizgeto you all's low table | tepsilerineto their low tables |
| Locative | tepsidein / at the low table | tepsimdein / at my low table | tepsiŋdein / at your low table | tepsisindein / at his low table | tepsibizdein / at our low table | tepsigizdein / at you all's low table | tepsilerindein / at their low tables |
| Ablative | tepsidenfrom the low table | tepsimdenfrom my low table | tepsiŋdenfrom your low table | tepsisindenfrom his low table | tepsibizdenfrom our low table | tepsigizdenfrom you all's low table | tepsilerindenfrom their low tables |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tepsilethe low tables | tepsilerimmy low tables | tepsileriŋyour low tables | tepsilerihis low tables | tepsileribizour low tables | tepsilerigizyou all's low tables | tepsileritheir low tables |
| Genitive | tepsilenithe low tables' | tepsilerimimy low tables' | tepsileriŋiyour low tables' | tepsilerinihis low tables' | tepsileribizniour low tables' | tepsilerigizniyou all's low tables' | tepsilerinitheir low tables' |
| Accusative | tepsilenithe low tables (as the object) | tepsilerimimy low tables (as the object) | tepsileriŋiyour low tables (as the object) | tepsilerinhis low tables (as the object) | tepsileribizniour low tables (as the object) | tepsilerigizniyou all's low tables (as the object) | tepsilerintheir low tables (as the object) |
| Dative | tepsilegeto the low tables | tepsilerimeto my low tables | tepsileriŋeto your low tables | tepsilerineto his low tables | tepsileribizgeto our low tables | tepsilerigizgeto you all's low tables | tepsilerineto their low tables |
| Locative | tepsiledein / at the low tables | tepsilerimdein / at my low tables | tepsileriŋdein / at your low tables | tepsilerindein / at his low tables | tepsileribizdein / at our low tables | tepsilerigizdein / at you all's low tables | tepsilerindein / at their low tables |
| Ablative | tepsiledenfrom the low tables | tepsilerimdenfrom my low tables | tepsileriŋdenfrom your low tables | tepsilerindenfrom his low tables | tepsileribizdenfrom our low tables | tepsilerigizdenfrom you all's low tables | tepsilerindenfrom their low tables |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: tepsileri can mean "his / her low tables", "their low table", or "their low tables" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.