tuz
/tuz/ · plural tuzla
1. salt — Before another noun it means salt or for salt, as in tuz orun "salt cellar".
- hant tuz — table salt
- tuz bla gırjın — salt and bread
- şorpağa tuz at — put salt in the soup
- aşha tuz sal — put salt in the food
- şorpağa tuz qoşama — I add salt to the soup
- tuz eridi — the salt dissolved
- tuzubuz boşalğandı — our salt has run out
- tuz orun — salt cellar
- üç atım tuz — three pinches of salt
- tuzu jetmegen — lacking enough salt
2. essence, gist, the heart of something
- tuzun açarğa — to lay bare its essence
Expressions
- açı jarasına tuz quyarğa — rub salt in
- birgesine pud tuz aşarğa — know someone thoroughly
- mıstısından tuzu ozğan — good-for-nothing
- pud tuznu tawushunçu — long enough to know
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tuzthe salt | tuzummy salt | tuzuŋyour salt | tuzuhis salt | tuzubuzour salt | tuzuğuzyou all's salt | tuzlarıtheir salt |
| Genitive | tuznuthe salt's | tuzumumy salt's | tuzuŋuyour salt's | tuzunuhis salt's | tuzubuznuour salt's | tuzuğuznuyou all's salt's | tuzlarınıtheir salt's |
| Accusative | tuznuthe salt (as the object) | tuzumumy salt (as the object) | tuzuŋuyour salt (as the object) | tuzunhis salt (as the object) | tuzubuznuour salt (as the object) | tuzuğuznuyou all's salt (as the object) | tuzlarıntheir salt (as the object) |
| Dative | tuzğato the salt | tuzumato my salt | tuzuŋato your salt | tuzunato his salt | tuzubuzğato our salt | tuzuğuzğato you all's salt | tuzlarınato their salt |
| Locative | tuzdain / at the salt | tuzumdain / at my salt | tuzuŋdain / at your salt | tuzundain / at his salt | tuzubuzdain / at our salt | tuzuğuzdain / at you all's salt | tuzlarındain / at their salt |
| Ablative | tuzdanfrom the salt | tuzumdanfrom my salt | tuzuŋdanfrom your salt | tuzundanfrom his salt | tuzubuzdanfrom our salt | tuzuğuzdanfrom you all's salt | tuzlarındanfrom their salt |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tuzlathe salt | tuzlarımmy salt | tuzlarıŋyour salt | tuzlarıhis salt | tuzlarıbızour salt | tuzlarığızyou all's salt | tuzlarıtheir salt |
| Genitive | tuzlanıthe salt's | tuzlarımımy salt's | tuzlarıŋıyour salt's | tuzlarınıhis salt's | tuzlarıbıznıour salt's | tuzlarığıznıyou all's salt's | tuzlarınıtheir salt's |
| Accusative | tuzlanıthe salt (as the object) | tuzlarımımy salt (as the object) | tuzlarıŋıyour salt (as the object) | tuzlarınhis salt (as the object) | tuzlarıbıznıour salt (as the object) | tuzlarığıznıyou all's salt (as the object) | tuzlarıntheir salt (as the object) |
| Dative | tuzlağato the salt | tuzlarımato my salt | tuzlarıŋato your salt | tuzlarınato his salt | tuzlarıbızğato our salt | tuzlarığızğato you all's salt | tuzlarınato their salt |
| Locative | tuzladain / at the salt | tuzlarımdain / at my salt | tuzlarıŋdain / at your salt | tuzlarındain / at his salt | tuzlarıbızdain / at our salt | tuzlarığızdain / at you all's salt | tuzlarındain / at their salt |
| Ablative | tuzladanfrom the salt | tuzlarımdanfrom my salt | tuzlarıŋdanfrom your salt | tuzlarındanfrom his salt | tuzlarıbızdanfrom our salt | tuzlarığızdanfrom you all's salt | tuzlarındanfrom their salt |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: tuzları can mean "his / her salt", "their salt", or "their salt" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.