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uşaş

/uʃaʃ/

1. (adj.) similar, resembling, alike, akin — The thing resembled takes the dative: atasına uşaş means like his father.
  • uşaş adamla — similar people
  • adamğa uşaş maymul — an ape resembling a human
  • birge uşaş üyle — houses alike to one another
  • jaş atasına bek uşaşdı — the boy is very like his father
  • bir-birine uşaş tawla — mountains similar to one another
  • uşaş bolurğa — to be similar, to become alike
  • uşaş söznü esde tut — keep the similar word in mind

Degrees and persons

DegreemenIsenyouolhe/she/itbizwesizyou allalathey
base formuşaşmaI am similaruşaşsayou are similaruşaşdıhe is similaruşaşbızwe are similaruşaşsızyou all are similaruşaşdılathey are similar
comparative — moreuşaşıraqmaI am more similaruşaşıraqsayou are more similaruşaşıraqdıhe is more similaruşaşıraqbızwe are more similaruşaşıraqsızyou all are more similaruşaşıraqdılathey are more similar
intensifier — verybek uşaşmaI am very similarbek uşaşsayou are very similarbek uşaşdıhe is very similarbek uşaşbızwe are very similarbek uşaşsızyou all are very similarbek uşaşdılathey are very similar
superlative — mostem uşaşmaI am the most similarem uşaşsayou are the most similarem uşaşdıhe is the most similarem uşaşbızwe are the most similarem uşaşsızyou all are the most similarem uşaşdılathey are the most similar

To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden uşaşdı — "compared to me, he is similar."

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

Degreemenikiminesenikiyoursanıqıhis / hersbiznikiourssiznikiyours (pl.)alanıqıtheirs
base formmeniki uşaşdımine is similarseniki uşaşdıyours is similaranıqı uşaşdıhis is similarbizniki uşaşdıours is similarsizniki uşaşdıyours (pl.) is similaralanıqı uşaşdıtheirs is similar
comparative — moremeniki uşaşıraqdımine is more similarseniki uşaşıraqdıyours is more similaranıqı uşaşıraqdıhis is more similarbizniki uşaşıraqdıours is more similarsizniki uşaşıraqdıyours (pl.) is more similaralanıqı uşaşıraqdıtheirs is more similar
intensifier — verymeniki bek uşaşdımine is very similarseniki bek uşaşdıyours is very similaranıqı bek uşaşdıhis is very similarbizniki bek uşaşdıours is very similarsizniki bek uşaşdıyours (pl.) is very similaralanıqı bek uşaşdıtheirs is very similar
superlative — mostmeniki em uşaşdımine is the most similarseniki em uşaşdıyours is the most similaranıqı em uşaşdıhis is the most similarbizniki em uşaşdıours is the most similarsizniki em uşaşdıyours (pl.) is the most similaralanıqı em uşaşdıtheirs is the most similar

Several things

Degreemenikileminesenikileyoursanıqılahis / hersbiznikileourssiznikileyours (pl.)alanıqılatheirs
base formmenikile uşaşdılamine are similarsenikile uşaşdılayours are similaranıqıla uşaşdılahis are similarbiznikile uşaşdılaours are similarsiznikile uşaşdılayours (pl.) are similaralanıqıla uşaşdılatheirs are similar
comparative — moremenikile uşaşıraqdılamine are more similarsenikile uşaşıraqdılayours are more similaranıqıla uşaşıraqdılahis are more similarbiznikile uşaşıraqdılaours are more similarsiznikile uşaşıraqdılayours (pl.) are more similaralanıqıla uşaşıraqdılatheirs are more similar
intensifier — verymenikile bek uşaşdılamine are very similarsenikile bek uşaşdılayours are very similaranıqıla bek uşaşdılahis are very similarbiznikile bek uşaşdılaours are very similarsiznikile bek uşaşdılayours (pl.) are very similaralanıqıla bek uşaşdılatheirs are very similar
superlative — mostmenikile em uşaşdılamine are the most similarsenikile em uşaşdılayours are the most similaranıqıla em uşaşdılahis are the most similarbiznikile em uşaşdılaours are the most similarsiznikile em uşaşdılayours (pl.) are the most similaralanıqıla em uşaşdılatheirs are the most similar

Any thing takes the third-person ending, not only these: bu uşaşdı, bıla uşaşdıla. In texts biznikile is usually kesibiznikile, "our own people", and a surname with -nıqıla names a family: Dudalanıqıla, "the Dudas".