uruçu

/urutʃu/ · plural uruçula

(n.) thief, robber — Before another noun it means thieving, of thieves, as in uruçu qawum a gang of thieves.

uruçu keçe juqlamaz — a thief does not sleep at night
uruçu bir qutulur, bir tutulur — a thief gets away once, gets caught the next time
uruçula tutulğandıla — the thieves have been caught
uruçula tutuldula — the thieves were caught
uruçunu tabarğa — to find the thief
uruçu qawum — a gang of thieves
uruçu adam — a thieving man
uruçu jaş — a thieving lad
uruçu iş — a thieving business

Expressions

uruçunu başında ot janar — guilt shows itself (Idiom · Proverb or saying)
uruçunu hurjunu teşik bolur — stolen goods bring no good (Idiom · Proverb or saying)

Singular — cases of uruçu, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	uruçuthe thief	uruçummy thief	uruçuŋyour thief	uruçusuhis thief	uruçubuzour thief	uruçuğuzyou all's thief	uruçularıtheir thieves
Genitive	uruçunuthe thief's	uruçumumy thief's	uruçuŋuyour thief's	uruçusunuhis thief's	uruçubuznuour thief's	uruçuğuznuyou all's thief's	uruçularınıtheir thieves'
Accusative	uruçunuthe thief (as the object)	uruçumumy thief (as the object)	uruçuŋuyour thief (as the object)	uruçusunhis thief (as the object)	uruçubuznuour thief (as the object)	uruçuğuznuyou all's thief (as the object)	uruçularıntheir thieves (as the object)
Dative	uruçuğato the thief	uruçumato my thief	uruçuŋato your thief	uruçusunato his thief	uruçubuzğato our thief	uruçuğuzğato you all's thief	uruçularınato their thieves
Locative	uruçudain / at the thief	uruçumdain / at my thief	uruçuŋdain / at your thief	uruçusundain / at his thief	uruçubuzdain / at our thief	uruçuğuzdain / at you all's thief	uruçularındain / at their thieves
Ablative	uruçudanfrom the thief	uruçumdanfrom my thief	uruçuŋdanfrom your thief	uruçusundanfrom his thief	uruçubuzdanfrom our thief	uruçuğuzdanfrom you all's thief	uruçularındanfrom their thieves

Plural — cases of uruçu, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	uruçulathe thieves	uruçularımmy thieves	uruçularıŋyour thieves	uruçularıhis thieves	uruçularıbızour thieves	uruçularığızyou all's thieves	uruçularıtheir thieves
Genitive	uruçulanıthe thieves'	uruçularımımy thieves'	uruçularıŋıyour thieves'	uruçularınıhis thieves'	uruçularıbıznıour thieves'	uruçularığıznıyou all's thieves'	uruçularınıtheir thieves'
Accusative	uruçulanıthe thieves (as the object)	uruçularımımy thieves (as the object)	uruçularıŋıyour thieves (as the object)	uruçularınhis thieves (as the object)	uruçularıbıznıour thieves (as the object)	uruçularığıznıyou all's thieves (as the object)	uruçularıntheir thieves (as the object)
Dative	uruçulağato the thieves	uruçularımato my thieves	uruçularıŋato your thieves	uruçularınato his thieves	uruçularıbızğato our thieves	uruçularığızğato you all's thieves	uruçularınato their thieves
Locative	uruçuladain / at the thieves	uruçularımdain / at my thieves	uruçularıŋdain / at your thieves	uruçularındain / at his thieves	uruçularıbızdain / at our thieves	uruçularığızdain / at you all's thieves	uruçularındain / at their thieves
Ablative	uruçuladanfrom the thieves	uruçularımdanfrom my thieves	uruçularıŋdanfrom your thieves	uruçularındanfrom his thieves	uruçularıbızdanfrom our thieves	uruçularığızdanfrom you all's thieves	uruçularındanfrom their thieves

The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: uruçuları can mean "his / her thieves", "their thief", or "their thieves" — context decides.

Belonging to uruçu — the thief's one
Case	one thing, one owner	several things, one owner	one thing, several owners	several things, several owners
Nominative	uruçunuquthe thief's one	uruçunuqulathe thief's ones	uruçulanıqıthe thieves' one	uruçulanıqılathe thieves' ones
Genitive	uruçunuqunuof the thief's one	uruçunuqulanıof the thief's ones	uruçulanıqınıof the thieves' one	uruçulanıqılanıof the thieves' ones
Accusative	uruçunuqunthe thief's one (as the object)	uruçunuqulanıthe thief's ones (as the object)	uruçulanıqınthe thieves' one (as the object)	uruçulanıqılanıthe thieves' ones (as the object)
Dative	uruçunuqunato the thief's one	uruçunuqulağato the thief's ones	uruçulanıqınato the thieves' one	uruçulanıqılağato the thieves' ones
Locative	uruçunuqundain / at the thief's one	uruçunuquladain / at the thief's ones	uruçulanıqındain / at the thieves' one	uruçulanıqıladain / at the thieves' ones
Ablative	uruçunuqundanfrom the thief's one	uruçunuquladanfrom the thief's ones	uruçulanıqındanfrom the thieves' one	uruçulanıqıladanfrom the thieves' ones

The endings are the same ones the pronouns wear — that page explains when each case is used.