uçhara

/utʃxara/

1. (adj.) slight, weak, superficial; not thoroughly done, underdone

uçhara iş — slipshod work
uçhara bilim — shallow knowledge
işni uçhara jerleri — the weak spots of the work
uçhara jerçikleri da boldula — there were some weak little spots too

2. (adj.) unreliable, flimsy, dubious

uçhara adam — an unreliable person
uçhara onow — a dubious decision
uçhara hapar — a dubious story
anı sözü uçharadı — his word is unreliable
ol uçhara adam boluwçandı — she is an unreliable person
uçhara begim — an unreliable decision

3. (adj.) insincere, false (fig.) one source

uçhara söz — an insincere word
uçhara ışarıw — a false smile
uçhara süe — he loves half-heartedly

4. (adj.) unlucky, hard, difficult (of a day, a time)

uçhara kün — an unlucky day
uçhara zamanda — at a hard time
bügün uçhara künüme tübediŋ — today you met me on my unlucky day

5. (adj.) light, easy, not serious; simple, uncomplicated one source

uçhara jaradı — it is a light wound
uçhara hant etse — if she made a simple sweet

6. (adv.) superficially, lightly, in passing, glancingly

oq süekge uçhara tiygendi — the bullet only grazed the bone
qalay ese da uçhara tiygendi — somehow it hit only glancingly
jayağın uçhara jırıb ketgen oq — the bullet that grazed his cheek
uçhara oquydu — he reads superficially
uçhara aytıb ketdi — he said it in passing and went on
köznü uçhara jetdirirge — to cast a cursory glance

7. (adv.) poorly, badly, inadequately

iş uçhara baradı — the work is going poorly
işni uçhara tamamlaw — finishing the work poorly
tuthan işin uçhara etedi — he does the work he took on poorly
işni uçhara etgendi — he has done the work poorly

8. (adv.) loosely, not firmly

uçhara begit — fasten it loosely
uçhara begitirge — to fasten loosely
uçhara qıs — squeeze it loosely

Sources

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Guzeev (ed.) 1996–2005 · Explanatory Dictionary of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meanings 1–7
Guzeev 2000 · School Explanatory Dictionary of the Balkar Language · meaning 8
Guzeev 2013 · Dictionary of Homonyms of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meanings 1, 2, 4, 6, 7
Nevruz 1991 · Karachay-Balkar–Turkish Dictionary · meaning 1
Suyunchev and Urusbiev (eds.) 1965 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Dictionary · meanings 1, 2, 6
Tenishev and Suyunchev (eds.) 1989 · Karachay-Balkar–Russian Dictionary · meanings 1, 2, 6, 8

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Degrees and persons

Degrees and persons — uçhara
Degree	menI	senyou	olhe/she/it	bizwe	sizyou all	alathey
base form	uçharamaI am slight	uçharasayou are slight	uçharadıhe is slight	uçharabızwe are slight	uçharasızyou all are slight	uçharadılathey are slight
comparative — more	uçhararaqmaI am slighter	uçhararaqsayou are slighter	uçhararaqdıhe is slighter	uçhararaqbızwe are slighter	uçhararaqsızyou all are slighter	uçhararaqdılathey are slighter
intensifier — very	bek uçharamaI am very slight	bek uçharasayou are very slight	bek uçharadıhe is very slight	bek uçharabızwe are very slight	bek uçharasızyou all are very slight	bek uçharadılathey are very slight
superlative — most	em uçharamaI am the slightest	em uçharasayou are the slightest	em uçharadıhe is the slightest	em uçharabızwe are the slightest	em uçharasızyou all are the slightest	em uçharadılathey are the slightest

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

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — uçhara
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki uçharadımine is slight	seniki uçharadıyours is slight	anıqı uçharadıhis is slight	bizniki uçharadıours is slight	sizniki uçharadıyours (pl.) is slight	alanıqı uçharadıtheirs is slight
comparative — more	meniki uçhararaqdımine is slighter	seniki uçhararaqdıyours is slighter	anıqı uçhararaqdıhis is slighter	bizniki uçhararaqdıours is slighter	sizniki uçhararaqdıyours (pl.) is slighter	alanıqı uçhararaqdıtheirs is slighter
intensifier — very	meniki bek uçharadımine is very slight	seniki bek uçharadıyours is very slight	anıqı bek uçharadıhis is very slight	bizniki bek uçharadıours is very slight	sizniki bek uçharadıyours (pl.) is very slight	alanıqı bek uçharadıtheirs is very slight
superlative — most	meniki em uçharadımine is the slightest	seniki em uçharadıyours is the slightest	anıqı em uçharadıhis is the slightest	bizniki em uçharadıours is the slightest	sizniki em uçharadıyours (pl.) is the slightest	alanıqı em uçharadıtheirs is the slightest

Several things

Several things — uçhara
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile uçharadılamine are slight	senikile uçharadılayours are slight	anıqıla uçharadılahis are slight	biznikile uçharadılaours are slight	siznikile uçharadılayours (pl.) are slight	alanıqıla uçharadılatheirs are slight
comparative — more	menikile uçhararaqdılamine are slighter	senikile uçhararaqdılayours are slighter	anıqıla uçhararaqdılahis are slighter	biznikile uçhararaqdılaours are slighter	siznikile uçhararaqdılayours (pl.) are slighter	alanıqıla uçhararaqdılatheirs are slighter
intensifier — very	menikile bek uçharadılamine are very slight	senikile bek uçharadılayours are very slight	anıqıla bek uçharadılahis are very slight	biznikile bek uçharadılaours are very slight	siznikile bek uçharadılayours (pl.) are very slight	alanıqıla bek uçharadılatheirs are very slight
superlative — most	menikile em uçharadılamine are the slightest	senikile em uçharadılayours are the slightest	anıqıla em uçharadılahis are the slightest	biznikile em uçharadılaours are the slightest	siznikile em uçharadılayours (pl.) are the slightest	alanıqıla em uçharadılatheirs are the slightest

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