tiklik
/tiklik/
Definitions
1. steepness, precipitousness
- jolnu tikligi — the steepness of the road
- qabırğanı tikligi — the steepness of the wall
- tawnu tikligi — the steepness of the mountain
2. tension, strain, coldness between people
- ortada tiklik — tension between them
- halqla arasında tiklik — tension between nations
- arağa kirgen tiklikni jumuşatırğa kerekdi — the tension that has come between them must be eased
Related
tikbasesteep, sheer, precipitous, vertical, upright; slope, precipice, incline; strained, tense, gone difficult (of relations); harsh, blunt, rough in speech or manner
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tiklikthe steepness | tikliklethe steepnesses | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | tikliknithe steepness' | tikliklenithe steepnesses' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | tikliknithe steepness (as the object) | tikliklenithe steepnesses (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | tiklikgeto the steepness | tikliklegeto the steepnesses | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | tiklikdeat / in the steepness | tiklikledeat / in the steepnesses | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | tiklikdenfrom the steepness | tiklikledenfrom the steepnesses | where it comes from; also "than" when comparing |
When to use each case
- nominative
- the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence
- genitive
- the owner — whose it is
- accusative
- a specific, known object — whom or what
- dative
- direction or recipient — to where, to whom
- locative
- where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it"
- ablative
- where it comes from; also "than" when comparing
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.
With an owner
| One owned | Several owned | |
|---|---|---|
| my | tikligimmy steepness | tikliklerimmy steepnesses |
| your | tikligingyour steepness | tiklikleringyour steepnesses |
| his / her | tikligihis / her steepness | tikliklerihis / her steepnesses |
| our | tikligibizour steepness | tiklikleribizour steepnesses |
| you all's | tikligigizyou all's steepness | tikliklerigizyou all's steepnesses |
| their | tiklikleritheir steepness | tiklikleritheir steepnesses |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: tiklikleri can mean "his / her steepnesses", "their steepness", or "their steepnesses" — context decides.