uçuz

/utʃuz/

1. (adj.) cheap, inexpensive, low-priced, affordable — The opposite of bağa.

uçuz tovarla — cheap goods
uçuz kiyimle — cheap clothes
uçuz bağa — a low price
bağası uçuzdu — its price is cheap
uçuz tül — not cheap
uçuz aşnı tatıwu az bolur — cheap food tends to have less flavor

2. (adv.) cheaply, cheap, at a low price

uçuz alırğa — to buy cheaply
üynü uçuz berdile — they sold the house cheap
uçuz almağansa — you didn't buy it cheap
bazarda kerekli kiyimni uçuz aldıq — at the market we bought the clothes we needed cheaply
üyübüznü uçuz alırğa izley edile — they wanted to buy our house cheaply

3. (adj.) base, ignoble, dishonorable (fig.) — Said of a person, a family, or a rank held in no esteem.

uçuz adam — a base person
uçuz adam bla jolğa çıqma — do not set out on the road with a base person
tuqumu uçuzdu — his family is held in low esteem
meni kesiŋden uçuzğa sanama — do not count me lower than yourself
kesin uçuz etdi — he demeaned himself
uçuz işlege qatışdı — he got mixed up in dishonorable affairs

4. (adj.) worthless, insignificant, of no worth (fig.)

taş jürekge uçuzdula — they are worthless to a heart of stone
uçuz körürge — to hold cheap, to think little of

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The village & the market 100 common adjectives

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Gochiyaeva et al. 1993 · Russian–Karachay Learner's Dictionary · meanings 1, 2
Guzeev (ed.) 1996–2005 · Explanatory Dictionary of the Karachay-Balkar Language · all meanings
Guzeev 2013 · Dictionary of Homonyms of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meanings 1–3
Khabichev (ed.) 1990 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Phrasebook · meanings 1, 2
Nevruz 1991 · Karachay-Balkar–Turkish Dictionary · all meanings
Suyunchev and Urusbiev (eds.) 1965 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Dictionary · meanings 1, 2
Tenishev and Suyunchev (eds.) 1989 · Karachay-Balkar–Russian Dictionary · meanings 1–3
Zhulabov et al. 1997 · School Russian–Balkar Dictionary · meanings 1, 2

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Degrees

Degrees — uçuz
Degree	—form
base form	uçuzcheap
comparative — more	uçuzuraqcheaper
intensifier — very	bek uçuzvery cheap
superlative — most	em uçuzthe cheapest

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — uçuz
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki uçuzdumine is cheap	seniki uçuzduyours is cheap	anıqı uçuzduhis is cheap	bizniki uçuzduours is cheap	sizniki uçuzduyours (pl.) is cheap	alanıqı uçuzdutheirs is cheap
comparative — more	meniki uçuzuraqdımine is cheaper	seniki uçuzuraqdıyours is cheaper	anıqı uçuzuraqdıhis is cheaper	bizniki uçuzuraqdıours is cheaper	sizniki uçuzuraqdıyours (pl.) is cheaper	alanıqı uçuzuraqdıtheirs is cheaper
intensifier — very	meniki bek uçuzdumine is very cheap	seniki bek uçuzduyours is very cheap	anıqı bek uçuzduhis is very cheap	bizniki bek uçuzduours is very cheap	sizniki bek uçuzduyours (pl.) is very cheap	alanıqı bek uçuzdutheirs is very cheap
superlative — most	meniki em uçuzdumine is the cheapest	seniki em uçuzduyours is the cheapest	anıqı em uçuzduhis is the cheapest	bizniki em uçuzduours is the cheapest	sizniki em uçuzduyours (pl.) is the cheapest	alanıqı em uçuzdutheirs is the cheapest

Several things

Several things — uçuz
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile uçuzdulamine are cheap	senikile uçuzdulayours are cheap	anıqıla uçuzdulahis are cheap	biznikile uçuzdulaours are cheap	siznikile uçuzdulayours (pl.) are cheap	alanıqıla uçuzdulatheirs are cheap
comparative — more	menikile uçuzuraqdılamine are cheaper	senikile uçuzuraqdılayours are cheaper	anıqıla uçuzuraqdılahis are cheaper	biznikile uçuzuraqdılaours are cheaper	siznikile uçuzuraqdılayours (pl.) are cheaper	alanıqıla uçuzuraqdılatheirs are cheaper
intensifier — very	menikile bek uçuzdulamine are very cheap	senikile bek uçuzdulayours are very cheap	anıqıla bek uçuzdulahis are very cheap	biznikile bek uçuzdulaours are very cheap	siznikile bek uçuzdulayours (pl.) are very cheap	alanıqıla bek uçuzdulatheirs are very cheap
superlative — most	menikile em uçuzdulamine are the cheapest	senikile em uçuzdulayours are the cheapest	anıqıla em uçuzdulahis are the cheapest	biznikile em uçuzdulaours are the cheapest	siznikile em uçuzdulayours (pl.) are the cheapest	alanıqıla em uçuzdulatheirs are the cheapest

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