tot

/tot/ · plural totla

1. (n.) rust, corrosion — Before another noun it also means rusty, as in tot biçaq "a rusty knife".

tot temir — rusty iron
tot çalqı — a rusty scythe
tot bashan oraq — a rust-covered sickle
totun keterirge — to remove its rust
tot bolmawçu qurç — steel that does not rust
temir qılıçnı tot basdı — rust covered the iron sword
çalqını totun keterdik — we removed the rust from the scythe
tot bashan temir küçün taşlaydı — rust-covered iron loses its strength
totdan arıtıb qılıçnı jarıtdıla — they cleaned the rust off the sword and made it shine

2. (n.) film, coating, veil, cobweb (something that clouds the mind) (fig.) — Said of something that clouds the mind, heart or memory, as in jahillikni totu "the cobweb of ignorance".

jahillikni totu — the cobweb of ignorance
jüregine tot qondu — a film settled on his heart
esge tot qonmasın — let no film settle on the memory

Expressions

tot bolurğa — go to ruin (Idiom)
tot qaqdırmazğa — shield from blame (Idiom)
közleri tot bolurğa — go blind from weeping (Idiom)

Cases and owners

Singular

Singular — cases of tot, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	totthe rust	totummy rust	totuŋyour rust	totuhis rust	totubuzour rust	totuğuzyou all's rust	totlarıtheir rusts
Genitive	totnuthe rust's	totumumy rust's	totuŋuyour rust's	totunuhis rust's	totubuznuour rust's	totuğuznuyou all's rust's	totlarınıtheir rusts'
Accusative	totnuthe rust (as the object)	totumumy rust (as the object)	totuŋuyour rust (as the object)	totunhis rust (as the object)	totubuznuour rust (as the object)	totuğuznuyou all's rust (as the object)	totlarıntheir rusts (as the object)
Dative	tothato the rust	totumato my rust	totuŋato your rust	totunato his rust	totubuzğato our rust	totuğuzğato you all's rust	totlarınato their rusts
Locative	totdain / at the rust	totumdain / at my rust	totuŋdain / at your rust	totundain / at his rust	totubuzdain / at our rust	totuğuzdain / at you all's rust	totlarındain / at their rusts
Ablative	totdanfrom the rust	totumdanfrom my rust	totuŋdanfrom your rust	totundanfrom his rust	totubuzdanfrom our rust	totuğuzdanfrom you all's rust	totlarındanfrom their rusts

Plural

Plural — cases of tot, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	totlathe rusts	totlarımmy rusts	totlarıŋyour rusts	totlarıhis rusts	totlarıbızour rusts	totlarığızyou all's rusts	totlarıtheir rusts
Genitive	totlanıthe rusts'	totlarımımy rusts'	totlarıŋıyour rusts'	totlarınıhis rusts'	totlarıbıznıour rusts'	totlarığıznıyou all's rusts'	totlarınıtheir rusts'
Accusative	totlanıthe rusts (as the object)	totlarımımy rusts (as the object)	totlarıŋıyour rusts (as the object)	totlarınhis rusts (as the object)	totlarıbıznıour rusts (as the object)	totlarığıznıyou all's rusts (as the object)	totlarıntheir rusts (as the object)
Dative	totlağato the rusts	totlarımato my rusts	totlarıŋato your rusts	totlarınato his rusts	totlarıbızğato our rusts	totlarığızğato you all's rusts	totlarınato their rusts
Locative	totladain / at the rusts	totlarımdain / at my rusts	totlarıŋdain / at your rusts	totlarındain / at his rusts	totlarıbızdain / at our rusts	totlarığızdain / at you all's rusts	totlarındain / at their rusts
Ablative	totladanfrom the rusts	totlarımdanfrom my rusts	totlarıŋdanfrom your rusts	totlarındanfrom his rusts	totlarıbızdanfrom our rusts	totlarığızdanfrom you all's rusts	totlarındanfrom their rusts

The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: totları can mean "his / her rusts", "their rust", or "their rusts" — context decides.

The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.