tögerek
/tøɡerek/ · plural tögerekle
1. round, circular, spherical
- tögerek stol — a round table
- tögerek taş — a round stone
- tögerek tereze — a round window
- tögerek ağaç — a round log
- tögerek stolnu qatında olturduq — we sat beside the round table
- tögerek ay kökde jarıydı — the round moon shines in the sky
- tögerek bolurğa — to become round
2. circle, circumference
- tögerek sızarğa — to draw a circle
- sabiyle jerde ullu tögerek sızdıla — the children drew a big circle on the ground
- tögerekni ortasında taş bardı — there is a stone in the middle of the circle
- tögerekni maydanın eseblerge — to calculate the area of a circle
- bu tögerekni maydanı bek ulludu — the area of this circle is very large
3. surrounding area, surroundings, vicinity — In its possessive case forms (tögeregine, tögereginde, tögereginden) it works as a postposition meaning around or near something.
- şaharnı tögeregi — the surroundings of the city
- bizni tögeregibizde — around us
- tögerek şoşdu — it is quiet all around
- tögerekge saq qara — look carefully around
- jaz keldi, tögerek kögerdi — spring came, everything around turned green
- tögereginde tawla qızıl körünedile — the mountains around it look red
- tögerekge qaray saq bas — tread carefully while looking all around
4. all around, in a ring
- tögerek oltururğa — to sit in a ring
- tögerek turub, hars uruw — standing in a ring, clapping
- başım tögerek aylanadı — my head is spinning around
- eki kere tögerek aylandı — it circled around twice
- tögerek jıyılıb qobuznu tıŋıladıla — gathering all around, they listened to the accordion
- tögerek turğan adamla alğış aytdıla — the people standing around gave blessings
- tögerek aylanıb jol izledi — circling all around, he sought a path
5. round dance, ring dance — Part of the abezek dance, in which the dancers hold hands in a ring.
- tögerekge barırğa — to dance the round dance
- tögerekni açıb, tüz tepsewge köçdüle — they opened the ring and went over to the smooth dance
- toy tögerek bla başlandı — the feast began with the round dance
6. round object, ring-shaped object
- qutharıwçu tögerek — a life ring
- qutharıwçu tögerekni suwğa atdıla — they threw the life ring into the water
- temir tögerekni qabırğağa taqdıla — they hung the iron ring on the wall
- bu tögerek ağaçdan etilgendi — this round object is made of wood
7. collar ornament on a felt cloak — Traditionally a diamond-shaped ornament of silver or of morocco leather, sewn along the collar.
- jamçı tögerekle — felt cloak ornaments
- kümüş tögerekle — silver collar ornaments
- kümüş tögerekle tizedi — she strings silver ornaments
- amma jamçığa kümüş tögerekle tizedi — grandmother strings silver ornaments onto the felt cloak
- jamçını jağasında kümüş tögerekle jıltıraydıla — silver ornaments glitter on the collar of the felt cloak
- ol tögerekni kümüşden etgendile — they made that ornament out of silver
Expressions
- tögeregin aşarğa — seethe with anger
- tögeregin qarmarğa — be at a loss
- tögeregine aylanırğa — fuss over someone
- közü-başı tögerek aylanırğa — feel dizzy
As an adjective
Degrees
| Degree | —form |
|---|---|
| base form | tögerekround |
| comparative — more | tögeregirekrounder |
| intensifier — very | bek tögerekvery round |
| superlative — most | em tögerekthe roundest |
Saying it about mine, yours, theirs
One thing
| Degree | menikimine | senikiyours | anıqıhis / hers | biznikiours | siznikiyours (pl.) | alanıqıtheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | meniki tögerekdimine is round | seniki tögerekdiyours is round | anıqı tögerekdihis is round | bizniki tögerekdiours is round | sizniki tögerekdiyours (pl.) is round | alanıqı tögerekditheirs is round |
| comparative — more | meniki tögeregirekdimine is rounder | seniki tögeregirekdiyours is rounder | anıqı tögeregirekdihis is rounder | bizniki tögeregirekdiours is rounder | sizniki tögeregirekdiyours (pl.) is rounder | alanıqı tögeregirekditheirs is rounder |
| intensifier — very | meniki bek tögerekdimine is very round | seniki bek tögerekdiyours is very round | anıqı bek tögerekdihis is very round | bizniki bek tögerekdiours is very round | sizniki bek tögerekdiyours (pl.) is very round | alanıqı bek tögerekditheirs is very round |
| superlative — most | meniki em tögerekdimine is the roundest | seniki em tögerekdiyours is the roundest | anıqı em tögerekdihis is the roundest | bizniki em tögerekdiours is the roundest | sizniki em tögerekdiyours (pl.) is the roundest | alanıqı em tögerekditheirs is the roundest |
Several things
| Degree | menikilemine | senikileyours | anıqılahis / hers | biznikileours | siznikileyours (pl.) | alanıqılatheirs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| base form | menikile tögerekdilemine are round | senikile tögerekdileyours are round | anıqıla tögerekdilehis are round | biznikile tögerekdileours are round | siznikile tögerekdileyours (pl.) are round | alanıqıla tögerekdiletheirs are round |
| comparative — more | menikile tögeregirekdilemine are rounder | senikile tögeregirekdileyours are rounder | anıqıla tögeregirekdilehis are rounder | biznikile tögeregirekdileours are rounder | siznikile tögeregirekdileyours (pl.) are rounder | alanıqıla tögeregirekdiletheirs are rounder |
| intensifier — very | menikile bek tögerekdilemine are very round | senikile bek tögerekdileyours are very round | anıqıla bek tögerekdilehis are very round | biznikile bek tögerekdileours are very round | siznikile bek tögerekdileyours (pl.) are very round | alanıqıla bek tögerekdiletheirs are very round |
| superlative — most | menikile em tögerekdilemine are the roundest | senikile em tögerekdileyours are the roundest | anıqıla em tögerekdilehis are the roundest | biznikile em tögerekdileours are the roundest | siznikile em tögerekdileyours (pl.) are the roundest | alanıqıla em tögerekdiletheirs are the roundest |
Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu tögerekdi, bıla tögerekdile. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".
As a noun
Cases and owners
Singular
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tögerekthe circle | tögeregimmy circle | tögeregiŋyour circle | tögeregihis circle | tögeregibizour circle | tögeregigizyou all's circle | tögerekleritheir circles |
| Genitive | tögereknithe circle's | tögeregimimy circle's | tögeregiŋiyour circle's | tögereginihis circle's | tögeregibizniour circle's | tögeregigizniyou all's circle's | tögereklerinitheir circles' |
| Accusative | tögereknithe circle (as the object) | tögeregimimy circle (as the object) | tögeregiŋiyour circle (as the object) | tögereginhis circle (as the object) | tögeregibizniour circle (as the object) | tögeregigizniyou all's circle (as the object) | tögereklerintheir circles (as the object) |
| Dative | tögerekgeto the circle | tögeregimeto my circle | tögeregiŋeto your circle | tögeregineto his circle | tögeregibizgeto our circle | tögeregigizgeto you all's circle | tögereklerineto their circles |
| Locative | tögerekdein / at the circle | tögeregimdein / at my circle | tögeregiŋdein / at your circle | tögeregindein / at his circle | tögeregibizdein / at our circle | tögeregigizdein / at you all's circle | tögereklerindein / at their circles |
| Ablative | tögerekdenfrom the circle | tögeregimdenfrom my circle | tögeregiŋdenfrom your circle | tögeregindenfrom his circle | tögeregibizdenfrom our circle | tögeregigizdenfrom you all's circle | tögereklerindenfrom their circles |
Plural
| Case | —plain | menimy | seniyour | anıhis / her | bizniour | sizniyou all's | alanıtheir |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tögereklethe circles | tögereklerimmy circles | tögerekleriŋyour circles | tögereklerihis circles | tögerekleribizour circles | tögereklerigizyou all's circles | tögerekleritheir circles |
| Genitive | tögereklenithe circles' | tögereklerimimy circles' | tögerekleriŋiyour circles' | tögereklerinihis circles' | tögerekleribizniour circles' | tögereklerigizniyou all's circles' | tögereklerinitheir circles' |
| Accusative | tögereklenithe circles (as the object) | tögereklerimimy circles (as the object) | tögerekleriŋiyour circles (as the object) | tögereklerinhis circles (as the object) | tögerekleribizniour circles (as the object) | tögereklerigizniyou all's circles (as the object) | tögereklerintheir circles (as the object) |
| Dative | tögereklegeto the circles | tögereklerimeto my circles | tögerekleriŋeto your circles | tögereklerineto his circles | tögerekleribizgeto our circles | tögereklerigizgeto you all's circles | tögereklerineto their circles |
| Locative | tögerekledein / at the circles | tögereklerimdein / at my circles | tögerekleriŋdein / at your circles | tögereklerindein / at his circles | tögerekleribizdein / at our circles | tögereklerigizdein / at you all's circles | tögereklerindein / at their circles |
| Ablative | tögerekledenfrom the circles | tögereklerimdenfrom my circles | tögerekleriŋdenfrom your circles | tögereklerindenfrom his circles | tögerekleribizdenfrom our circles | tögereklerigizdenfrom you all's circles | tögereklerindenfrom their circles |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: tögerekleri can mean "his / her circles", "their circle", or "their circles" — context decides.
The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.