uwaq
/uwaq/
Definitions
1. small, fine, tiny, minute
- uwaq taşla — fine gravel
- uwaq undan bişirilgen ötmek — bread baked from fine flour
- uwaq qar — fine snow
2. petty, minor, trivial, insignificant
- uwaq işle — petty matters
- uwaq sözlege — to trivial words
- uwaq sağışla — petty thoughts
3. crumbs, small fragments; small change
- ötmek uwağın — bread crumbs
- uwaq açhanı — the small change
- uwaqnı qadri — the value of the small
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or .As an adjective
Degrees
| base form | uwaqsmall |
|---|---|
| comparative — more | uwağıraqsmaller |
| intensifier — very | bek uwaqvery small |
| superlative — most | em uwaqthe smallest |
To compare two things, put the loser in the from-form: ol menden uwaqdı — "compared to me, he is small."
Saying it about someone
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person | men uwaqmaI am small | biz uwaqbızwe are small |
| 2nd person | sen uwaqsayou are small | siz uwaqsızyou all are small |
| 3rd person | ol uwaqdıhe / she / it is small | ala uwaqdılathey are small |
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu uwaqdıthis is small | bıla uwaqdılathese are small |
| that / those | ol uwaqdıthat / it is small | ala uwaqdılathose / they are small |
| mine | meniki uwaqdımine is small | menikile uwaqdılamine are small |
| yours | seniki uwaqdıyours is small | senikile uwaqdılayours are small |
| ours | bizniki uwaqdıours is small | biznikile uwaqdılaours are small |
As a noun
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | uwaqthe crumbs | uwaqlathe crumbses | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | uwaqnıthe crumbs' | uwaqlanıthe crumbses' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | uwaqnıthe crumbs (as the object) | uwaqlanıthe crumbses (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | uwaqğato the crumbs | uwaqlağato the crumbses | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | uwaqdaat / in the crumbs | uwaqladaat / in the crumbses | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | uwaqdanfrom the crumbs | uwaqladanfrom the crumbses | 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 | uwağımmy crumbs | uwaqlarımmy crumbses |
| your | uwağıngyour crumbs | uwaqlarıngyour crumbses |
| his / her | uwağıhis / her crumbs | uwaqlarıhis / her crumbses |
| our | uwağıbızour crumbs | uwaqlarıbızour crumbses |
| you all's | uwağığızyou all's crumbs | uwaqlarığızyou all's crumbses |
| their | uwaqlarıtheir crumbs | uwaqlarıtheir crumbses |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: uwaqları can mean "his / her crumbses", "their crumbs", or "their crumbses" — context decides.