tilçilik
/tiltʃilik/
Definition
informing and tale-bearing; a disposition to carry reports about others
- tilçilikni jaratmayma — I do not care for tale-bearing
- tilçilikge ürengen adam — a man given to informing
- tilçilik aman adetdi — tale-bearing is a bad habit
Related
tilçibaseone who reports on others to those in authority; an informer; one who spreads harmful talk about others; a slanderer; a scholar of language, a linguist
Feedback
or .Cases
| Form | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tilçilikthe tale-bearing | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | tilçiliknithe tale-bearing's | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | tilçiliknithe tale-bearing (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | tilçilikgeto the tale-bearing | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | tilçilikdeat / in the tale-bearing | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | tilçilikdenfrom the tale-bearing | 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
| Owned | |
|---|---|
| my | tilçiligimmy tale-bearing |
| your | tilçiligingyour tale-bearing |
| his / her | tilçiligihis / her tale-bearing |
| our | tilçiligibizour tale-bearing |
| you all's | tilçiligigizyou all's tale-bearing |
| their | tilçilikleritheir tale-bearing |
There is no plural of this word. The ending would attach like any other — it is the word, not the grammar, that refuses: this is not something Karachay counts.