çabaq

/tʃabaq/ · plural çabaqla

1. (n.) fish — Before another noun it means made from fish, as in çabaq jaw "fish oil". It also forms the names of many kinds of fish, as in ala çabaq "trout" and mıyıqlı çabaq "catfish".

men çabaq tutama — I catch fish
çabaq tutarğa — to catch fish
teŋizde jaşağan çabaq — fish living in the sea
taw suwnu çabağı — the fish of a mountain stream
çabaqça jüzerge — to swim like a fish
çabaq suwda jüzgença — like a fish swimming in water
çabaq jaw — fish oil
ala çabaq — trout

2. (n.) underside of the tongue one source

til çabağı — the underside of the tongue
til çabağı awruydu — the underside of the tongue hurts

Expressions

çabaqla azığı bolurğa — drown at sea (Idiom)
çabaqnı suwdan çığarıb athanlay bolurğa — be in dire straits (Idiom)
suwdan çıqğan çabaq kibik — lose one's livelihood (Idiom)

Sources

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Guzeev (ed.) 1996–2005 · Explanatory Dictionary of the Karachay-Balkar Language · all meanings
Khabichev (ed.) 1990 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Phrasebook · meaning 1
Nevruz 1991 · Karachay-Balkar–Turkish Dictionary · meaning 1
Otarov and Gabaeva 2000 · Russian–Balkar Explanatory Dictionary of Sectoral Vocabulary · meaning 1
Suyunchev and Urusbiev (eds.) 1965 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Dictionary · meaning 1
Tenishev and Suyunchev (eds.) 1989 · Karachay-Balkar–Russian Dictionary · meaning 1
Tolgurova and Tolgurov n.d. · Abridged Hapax Dictionary of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meaning 1
Zhulabov et al. 1997 · School Russian–Balkar Dictionary · meaning 1

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Cases and owners

Singular

Singular — cases of çabaq, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	çabaqthe fish	çabağımmy fish	çabağıŋyour fish	çabağıhis fish	çabağıbızour fish	çabağığızyou all's fish	çabaqlarıtheir fish
Genitive	çabaqnıthe fish's	çabağımımy fish's	çabağıŋıyour fish's	çabağınıhis fish's	çabağıbıznıour fish's	çabağığıznıyou all's fish's	çabaqlarınıtheir fish's
Accusative	çabaqnıthe fish (as the object)	çabağımımy fish (as the object)	çabağıŋıyour fish (as the object)	çabağınhis fish (as the object)	çabağıbıznıour fish (as the object)	çabağığıznıyou all's fish (as the object)	çabaqlarıntheir fish (as the object)
Dative	çabaqğato the fish	çabağımato my fish	çabağıŋato your fish	çabağınato his fish	çabağıbızğato our fish	çabağığızğato you all's fish	çabaqlarınato their fish
Locative	çabaqdain / at the fish	çabağımdain / at my fish	çabağıŋdain / at your fish	çabağındain / at his fish	çabağıbızdain / at our fish	çabağığızdain / at you all's fish	çabaqlarındain / at their fish
Ablative	çabaqdanfrom the fish	çabağımdanfrom my fish	çabağıŋdanfrom your fish	çabağındanfrom his fish	çabağıbızdanfrom our fish	çabağığızdanfrom you all's fish	çabaqlarındanfrom their fish

Plural

Plural — cases of çabaq, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	çabaqlathe fish	çabaqlarımmy fish	çabaqlarıŋyour fish	çabaqlarıhis fish	çabaqlarıbızour fish	çabaqlarığızyou all's fish	çabaqlarıtheir fish
Genitive	çabaqlanıthe fish's	çabaqlarımımy fish's	çabaqlarıŋıyour fish's	çabaqlarınıhis fish's	çabaqlarıbıznıour fish's	çabaqlarığıznıyou all's fish's	çabaqlarınıtheir fish's
Accusative	çabaqlanıthe fish (as the object)	çabaqlarımımy fish (as the object)	çabaqlarıŋıyour fish (as the object)	çabaqlarınhis fish (as the object)	çabaqlarıbıznıour fish (as the object)	çabaqlarığıznıyou all's fish (as the object)	çabaqlarıntheir fish (as the object)
Dative	çabaqlağato the fish	çabaqlarımato my fish	çabaqlarıŋato your fish	çabaqlarınato his fish	çabaqlarıbızğato our fish	çabaqlarığızğato you all's fish	çabaqlarınato their fish
Locative	çabaqladain / at the fish	çabaqlarımdain / at my fish	çabaqlarıŋdain / at your fish	çabaqlarındain / at his fish	çabaqlarıbızdain / at our fish	çabaqlarığızdain / at you all's fish	çabaqlarındain / at their fish
Ablative	çabaqladanfrom the fish	çabaqlarımdanfrom my fish	çabaqlarıŋdanfrom your fish	çabaqlarındanfrom his fish	çabaqlarıbızdanfrom our fish	çabaqlarığızdanfrom you all's fish	çabaqlarındanfrom their fish

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

Whose it is

Belonging to çabaq — the fish's one
Case	one thing, one owner	several things, one owner	one thing, several owners	several things, several owners
Nominative	çabaqnıqıthe fish's one	çabaqnıqılathe fish's ones	çabaqlanıqıthe fish's one	çabaqlanıqılathe fish's ones
Genitive	çabaqnıqınıof the fish's one	çabaqnıqılanıof the fish's ones	çabaqlanıqınıof the fish's one	çabaqlanıqılanıof the fish's ones
Accusative	çabaqnıqınthe fish's one (as the object)	çabaqnıqılanıthe fish's ones (as the object)	çabaqlanıqınthe fish's one (as the object)	çabaqlanıqılanıthe fish's ones (as the object)
Dative	çabaqnıqınato the fish's one	çabaqnıqılağato the fish's ones	çabaqlanıqınato the fish's one	çabaqlanıqılağato the fish's ones
Locative	çabaqnıqındain / at the fish's one	çabaqnıqıladain / at the fish's ones	çabaqlanıqındain / at the fish's one	çabaqlanıqıladain / at the fish's ones
Ablative	çabaqnıqındanfrom the fish's one	çabaqnıqıladanfrom the fish's ones	çabaqlanıqındanfrom the fish's one	çabaqlanıqıladanfrom the fish's ones

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