zaya
/zaja/
Definitions
1. rendered unfit for use; spoiled
- zaya bolurğa — to be spoiled, to become unfit for use
- zaya eterge — to spoil something, to render it unfit
- bolğan zayadı — everything is spoiled
2. loss suffered when something is used to no purpose; waste
- zayağa ketdi — it went to waste
- zamannı zayağa keterirge — to let the time go to waste
- künü zayağa ketdi — his day went to waste
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or .As an adjective
Saying it about something
| One thing | Several | |
|---|---|---|
| this / these | bu zayadıthis is spoiled | bıla zayadılathese are spoiled |
| that / those | ol zayadıthat / it is spoiled | ala zayadılathose / they are spoiled |
| mine | meniki zayadımine is spoiled | menikile zayadılamine are spoiled |
| yours | seniki zayadıyours is spoiled | senikile zayadılayours are spoiled |
| ours | bizniki zayadıours is spoiled | biznikile zayadılaours are spoiled |
As a noun
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | zayathe waste | zayalathe wastes | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | zayanıthe waste's | zayalanıthe wastes' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | zayanıthe waste (as the object) | zayalanıthe wastes (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | zayağato the waste | zayalağato the wastes | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | zayadaat / in the waste | zayaladaat / in the wastes | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | zayadanfrom the waste | zayaladanfrom the wastes | 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 | zayammy waste | zayalarımmy wastes |
| your | zayangyour waste | zayalarıngyour wastes |
| his / her | zayasıhis / her waste | zayalarıhis / her wastes |
| our | zayabızour waste | zayalarıbızour wastes |
| you all's | zayağızyou all's waste | zayalarığızyou all's wastes |
| their | zayalarıtheir waste | zayalarıtheir wastes |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: zayaları can mean "his / her wastes", "their waste", or "their wastes" — context decides.