tul
/tul/
Definitions
1. widow, widower
- tul qatın — a widow
- tul kişi — a widower
- tul qalğan — one who has been widowed
2. divorced person, one separated from a spouse
- tul bolurğa — to be left without a spouse
- tulnu allıqmısa — will you marry a woman without a husband
- tul qatın tülkü bolur — a woman without a husband learns to be soft-spoken
Origin
A word Karachay inherited from Proto-Turkic; Siemieniec-Gołaś lists it among the Proto-Turkic stock of Karachay-Balkar (2000, p. 26).Feedback
or .Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | tulthe widow | tullathe widows | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | tulnuthe widow's | tullanıthe widows' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | tulnuthe widow (as the object) | tullanıthe widows (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | tulğato the widow | tullağato the widows | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | tuldaat / in the widow | tulladaat / in the widows | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | tuldanfrom the widow | tulladanfrom the widows | 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 | tulummy widow | tullarımmy widows |
| your | tulungyour widow | tullarıngyour widows |
| his / her | tuluhis / her widow | tullarıhis / her widows |
| our | tulubuzour widow | tullarıbızour widows |
| you all's | tuluğuzyou all's widow | tullarığızyou all's widows |
| their | tullarıtheir widow | tullarıtheir widows |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: tulları can mean "his / her widows", "their widow", or "their widows" — context decides.