tiş
/tiʃ/ · plural tişle
1. tooth — Before another noun it means dental or tooth-, as in tiş awruw toothache.
- sabiyge tiş çıqdı — the child cut a tooth
- azaw tiş — a canine tooth
- qozu tişle — milk teeth
- qartlıq tiş — a wisdom tooth
- jalğan tişle — false teeth
- tiş alırğa — to pull a tooth
- tişim aqdı — my tooth is white
2. tooth of a tool or other object; cog, prong
- mıçhını tişleri — the teeth of the saw
- taraqnı tişi — the comb's tooth
- mıçhını tişlerin jayıw — the setting of a saw's teeth
3. clove of garlic
- sarsmaq tiş — a clove of garlic
- ol sarsmaqnı eki tişin aşadı — he ate two cloves of that garlic
- sarsmaqnı tişlerin ayırdım — I separated the garlic's cloves
4. segment of citrus fruit one source
- mandarinni tişleri — the tangerine's segments
- apelsinni suwlu tişleri — the orange's juicy segments
- mandarinni bir tişin aşadım — I ate one segment of the tangerine
5. spit, skewer
- temir tiş — an iron skewer
- tişge çançarğa — to put it on the spit
- tişge et salırğa — to put meat on the skewer
- tişge et çançdıla — they put meat on the spit
- bürekleni tişge çançıw — putting the kidneys on the spit
6. rick, haystack, stack of hay or straw
- biçen tiş — a stack of hay
- salam tiş — a stack of straw
- tiş eterge — to build a rick
- tişni başı — the top of the rick
- arbazda eki tiş bardı — there are two ricks in the yard
Expressions
- azıw tiş çığarğa — grow up
- eki tişi bir birine tiymezge — to shiver
- mahtay, tişleri tüşerge — praise excessively
- tiş bilerge — hold a grudge; seethe with anger; gird for a fight
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tişthe tooth | tişimmy tooth | tişiŋyour tooth | tişihis tooth | tişibizour tooth | tişigizyou all's tooth | tişleritheir teeth |
| Genitive | tişnithe tooth's | tişimimy tooth's | tişiŋiyour tooth's | tişinihis tooth's | tişibizniour tooth's | tişigizniyou all's tooth's | tişlerinitheir teeth's |
| Accusative | tişnithe tooth (as the object) | tişimimy tooth (as the object) | tişiŋiyour tooth (as the object) | tişinhis tooth (as the object) | tişibizniour tooth (as the object) | tişigizniyou all's tooth (as the object) | tişlerintheir teeth (as the object) |
| Dative | tişgeto the tooth | tişimeto my tooth | tişiŋeto your tooth | tişineto his tooth | tişibizgeto our tooth | tişigizgeto you all's tooth | tişlerineto their teeth |
| Locative | tişdein / at the tooth | tişimdein / at my tooth | tişiŋdein / at your tooth | tişindein / at his tooth | tişibizdein / at our tooth | tişigizdein / at you all's tooth | tişlerindein / at their teeth |
| Ablative | tişdenfrom the tooth | tişimdenfrom my tooth | tişiŋdenfrom your tooth | tişindenfrom his tooth | tişibizdenfrom our tooth | tişigizdenfrom you all's tooth | tişlerindenfrom their teeth |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tişlethe teeth | tişlerimmy teeth | tişleriŋyour teeth | tişlerihis teeth | tişleribizour teeth | tişlerigizyou all's teeth | tişleritheir teeth |
| Genitive | tişlenithe teeth's | tişlerimimy teeth's | tişleriŋiyour teeth's | tişlerinihis teeth's | tişleribizniour teeth's | tişlerigizniyou all's teeth's | tişlerinitheir teeth's |
| Accusative | tişlenithe teeth (as the object) | tişlerimimy teeth (as the object) | tişleriŋiyour teeth (as the object) | tişlerinhis teeth (as the object) | tişleribizniour teeth (as the object) | tişlerigizniyou all's teeth (as the object) | tişlerintheir teeth (as the object) |
| Dative | tişlegeto the teeth | tişlerimeto my teeth | tişleriŋeto your teeth | tişlerineto his teeth | tişleribizgeto our teeth | tişlerigizgeto you all's teeth | tişlerineto their teeth |
| Locative | tişledein / at the teeth | tişlerimdein / at my teeth | tişleriŋdein / at your teeth | tişlerindein / at his teeth | tişleribizdein / at our teeth | tişlerigizdein / at you all's teeth | tişlerindein / at their teeth |
| Ablative | tişledenfrom the teeth | tişlerimdenfrom my teeth | tişleriŋdenfrom your teeth | tişlerindenfrom his teeth | tişleribizdenfrom our teeth | tişlerigizdenfrom you all's teeth | tişlerindenfrom their teeth |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: tişleri can mean "his / her teeth", "their tooth", or "their teeth" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.