toçka
/totʃka/ · plural toçkala
1. period, full stop, dot (punctuation mark) — The punctuation mark that ends a sentence; also the dot after an abbreviation. eki toçka is a colon, köb toçka an ellipsis, toçka bla zapyatoy a semicolon.
- haparlawçu aytımnı ahırında toçka salınadı — a period is put at the end of a declarative sentence
- qağıtını ayağında toçka saldı — he put a period at the end of the paper
- toçkanı salırğa — to put the period
- birinçi sözden ahır toçkağa deri — from the first word to the last period
- eki toçka — colon
- köb toçka — ellipsis
- toçkala — periods, an ellipsis
2. point, post, site where something is located or carried out — Used in phrases like pulemöt toçka (machine-gun post) and satıw-alıw toçka (trading post, shop).
- satıw-alıw toçka — a trading post
- duşmannı pulemöt toçkasın çaçadı — he destroys the enemy's machine-gun post
- pulemöt toçka — a machine-gun post
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | toçkathe full stop | toçkammy full stop | toçkaŋyour full stop | toçkasıhis full stop | toçkabızour full stop | toçkağızyou all's full stop | toçkalarıtheir full stops |
| Genitive | toçkanıthe full stop's | toçkamımy full stop's | toçkaŋıyour full stop's | toçkasınıhis full stop's | toçkabıznıour full stop's | toçkağıznıyou all's full stop's | toçkalarınıtheir full stops' |
| Accusative | toçkanıthe full stop (as the object) | toçkamımy full stop (as the object) | toçkaŋıyour full stop (as the object) | toçkasınhis full stop (as the object) | toçkabıznıour full stop (as the object) | toçkağıznıyou all's full stop (as the object) | toçkalarıntheir full stops (as the object) |
| Dative | toçkağato the full stop | toçkamato my full stop | toçkaŋato your full stop | toçkasınato his full stop | toçkabızğato our full stop | toçkağızğato you all's full stop | toçkalarınato their full stops |
| Locative | toçkadain / at the full stop | toçkamdain / at my full stop | toçkaŋdain / at your full stop | toçkasındain / at his full stop | toçkabızdain / at our full stop | toçkağızdain / at you all's full stop | toçkalarındain / at their full stops |
| Ablative | toçkadanfrom the full stop | toçkamdanfrom my full stop | toçkaŋdanfrom your full stop | toçkasındanfrom his full stop | toçkabızdanfrom our full stop | toçkağızdanfrom you all's full stop | toçkalarındanfrom their full stops |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | toçkalathe full stops | toçkalarımmy full stops | toçkalarıŋyour full stops | toçkalarıhis full stops | toçkalarıbızour full stops | toçkalarığızyou all's full stops | toçkalarıtheir full stops |
| Genitive | toçkalanıthe full stops' | toçkalarımımy full stops' | toçkalarıŋıyour full stops' | toçkalarınıhis full stops' | toçkalarıbıznıour full stops' | toçkalarığıznıyou all's full stops' | toçkalarınıtheir full stops' |
| Accusative | toçkalanıthe full stops (as the object) | toçkalarımımy full stops (as the object) | toçkalarıŋıyour full stops (as the object) | toçkalarınhis full stops (as the object) | toçkalarıbıznıour full stops (as the object) | toçkalarığıznıyou all's full stops (as the object) | toçkalarıntheir full stops (as the object) |
| Dative | toçkalağato the full stops | toçkalarımato my full stops | toçkalarıŋato your full stops | toçkalarınato his full stops | toçkalarıbızğato our full stops | toçkalarığızğato you all's full stops | toçkalarınato their full stops |
| Locative | toçkaladain / at the full stops | toçkalarımdain / at my full stops | toçkalarıŋdain / at your full stops | toçkalarındain / at his full stops | toçkalarıbızdain / at our full stops | toçkalarığızdain / at you all's full stops | toçkalarındain / at their full stops |
| Ablative | toçkaladanfrom the full stops | toçkalarımdanfrom my full stops | toçkalarıŋdanfrom your full stops | toçkalarındanfrom his full stops | toçkalarıbızdanfrom our full stops | toçkalarığızdanfrom you all's full stops | toçkalarındanfrom their full stops |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: toçkaları can mean "his / her full stops", "their full stop", or "their full stops" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.