tohtamağan
/toxtamaʁan/
unceasing, continuous, constant, endless — Of a sound: never falling silent. Of an illness: chronic, long-lasting.
- tohtamağan iş — continuous work
- tohtamağan jaŋur — unceasing rain
- saw eki künnü tohtamağan boran — a blizzard unceasing for two whole days
- tohtamağan jel — an unceasing wind
- tohtamağan quwanç — endless rejoicing
- bir sabda tohtamağan balta — an axe that will not stay on one handle
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki tohtamağandımine is unceasing | seniki tohtamağandıyours is unceasing | anıqı tohtamağandıhis is unceasing | bizniki tohtamağandıours is unceasing | sizniki tohtamağandıyours (pl.) is unceasing | alanıqı tohtamağandıtheirs is unceasing |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile tohtamağandılamine are unceasing | senikile tohtamağandılayours are unceasing | anıqıla tohtamağandılahis are unceasing | biznikile tohtamağandılaours are unceasing | siznikile tohtamağandılayours (pl.) are unceasing | alanıqıla tohtamağandılatheirs are unceasing |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu tohtamağandı, bıla tohtamağandıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".