tılmaç
/tɯlmatʃ/
Definitions
1. interpreter, one who renders speech from one language into another
- tılmaç kerekdi — an interpreter is needed
- tılmaç bla söleşirge — to speak through an interpreter
- tılmaçnı sözü — the interpreter's words
2. dictionary
- tılmaçnı açarğa — to open the dictionary
- tılmaçdan qararğa — to look a word up in the dictionary
Related
tılmaçlıqqualityinterpreting, the work or office of an interpreter; a book in which the words of a language are listed and explained; a dictionary
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or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tılmaçthe interpreter | tılmaçlathe interpreters | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | tılmaçnıthe interpreter's | tılmaçlanıthe interpreters' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | tılmaçnıthe interpreter (as the object) | tılmaçlanıthe interpreters (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | tılmaçhato the interpreter | tılmaçlağato the interpreters | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | tılmaçdaat / in the interpreter | tılmaçladaat / in the interpreters | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | tılmaçdanfrom the interpreter | tılmaçladanfrom the interpreters | 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 | tılmaçımmy interpreter | tılmaçlarımmy interpreters |
| your | tılmaçıngyour interpreter | tılmaçlarıngyour interpreters |
| his / her | tılmaçıhis / her interpreter | tılmaçlarıhis / her interpreters |
| our | tılmaçıbızour interpreter | tılmaçlarıbızour interpreters |
| you all's | tılmaçığızyou all's interpreter | tılmaçlarığızyou all's interpreters |
| their | tılmaçlarıtheir interpreter | tılmaçlarıtheir interpreters |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: tılmaçları can mean "his / her interpreters", "their interpreter", or "their interpreters" — context decides.