Çegem

/tʃeɡem/ · plural Çegemle

(n.) Chegem, a river gorge and region in Balkaria one source

Çegem awuzu bek ariwdu — the Chegem gorge is very beautiful
bizni el Çegem rayonŋa qaraydı — our village belongs to the Chegem district
Çegem tawları bek miyikdile — the Chegem mountains are very high
Çegem özeninde miyik şorqala sarqadıla — high waterfalls cascade in the Chegem gorge
Çegem elge jolğa çıqdıq — we set out for Chegem village

Expressions

teli janibek çegemge barğança — on a fool's errand; aimlessly, for nothing (Idiom)
çegem ıshıltısı, malqar basiyatı — the finest person (Idiom)
çegem salamlaşıw — belated recollection (Idiom)
içim bla çegem çeregi barsa da — would not care (Idiom · Formula)

Singular — cases of Çegem, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	Çegemthe Chegem	Çegemimmy Chegem	Çegemiŋyour Chegem	Çegemihis Chegem	Çegemibizour Chegem	Çegemigizyou all's Chegem	Çegemleritheir Chegems
Genitive	Çegemnithe Chegem's	Çegemimimy Chegem's	Çegemiŋiyour Chegem's	Çegeminihis Chegem's	Çegemibizniour Chegem's	Çegemigizniyou all's Chegem's	Çegemlerinitheir Chegems'
Accusative	Çegemnithe Chegem (as the object)	Çegemimimy Chegem (as the object)	Çegemiŋiyour Chegem (as the object)	Çegeminhis Chegem (as the object)	Çegemibizniour Chegem (as the object)	Çegemigizniyou all's Chegem (as the object)	Çegemlerintheir Chegems (as the object)
Dative	Çegemgeto the Chegem	Çegemimeto my Chegem	Çegemiŋeto your Chegem	Çegemineto his Chegem	Çegemibizgeto our Chegem	Çegemigizgeto you all's Chegem	Çegemlerineto their Chegems
Locative	Çegemdein / at the Chegem	Çegemimdein / at my Chegem	Çegemiŋdein / at your Chegem	Çegemindein / at his Chegem	Çegemibizdein / at our Chegem	Çegemigizdein / at you all's Chegem	Çegemlerindein / at their Chegems
Ablative	Çegemdenfrom the Chegem	Çegemimdenfrom my Chegem	Çegemiŋdenfrom your Chegem	Çegemindenfrom his Chegem	Çegemibizdenfrom our Chegem	Çegemigizdenfrom you all's Chegem	Çegemlerindenfrom their Chegems

Plural — cases of Çegem, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	Çegemlethe Chegems	Çegemlerimmy Chegems	Çegemleriŋyour Chegems	Çegemlerihis Chegems	Çegemleribizour Chegems	Çegemlerigizyou all's Chegems	Çegemleritheir Chegems
Genitive	Çegemlenithe Chegems'	Çegemlerimimy Chegems'	Çegemleriŋiyour Chegems'	Çegemlerinihis Chegems'	Çegemleribizniour Chegems'	Çegemlerigizniyou all's Chegems'	Çegemlerinitheir Chegems'
Accusative	Çegemlenithe Chegems (as the object)	Çegemlerimimy Chegems (as the object)	Çegemleriŋiyour Chegems (as the object)	Çegemlerinhis Chegems (as the object)	Çegemleribizniour Chegems (as the object)	Çegemlerigizniyou all's Chegems (as the object)	Çegemlerintheir Chegems (as the object)
Dative	Çegemlegeto the Chegems	Çegemlerimeto my Chegems	Çegemleriŋeto your Chegems	Çegemlerineto his Chegems	Çegemleribizgeto our Chegems	Çegemlerigizgeto you all's Chegems	Çegemlerineto their Chegems
Locative	Çegemledein / at the Chegems	Çegemlerimdein / at my Chegems	Çegemleriŋdein / at your Chegems	Çegemlerindein / at his Chegems	Çegemleribizdein / at our Chegems	Çegemlerigizdein / at you all's Chegems	Çegemlerindein / at their Chegems
Ablative	Çegemledenfrom the Chegems	Çegemlerimdenfrom my Chegems	Çegemleriŋdenfrom your Chegems	Çegemlerindenfrom his Chegems	Çegemleribizdenfrom our Chegems	Çegemlerigizdenfrom you all's Chegems	Çegemlerindenfrom their Chegems

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

Belonging to Çegem — the Chegem's one
Case	one thing, one owner	several things, one owner	one thing, several owners	several things, several owners
Nominative	Çegemnikithe Chegem's one	Çegemnikilethe Chegem's ones	Çegemlenikithe Chegems' one	Çegemlenikilethe Chegems' ones
Genitive	Çegemnikiniof the Chegem's one	Çegemnikileniof the Chegem's ones	Çegemlenikiniof the Chegems' one	Çegemlenikileniof the Chegems' ones
Accusative	Çegemnikinthe Chegem's one (as the object)	Çegemnikilenithe Chegem's ones (as the object)	Çegemlenikinthe Chegems' one (as the object)	Çegemlenikilenithe Chegems' ones (as the object)
Dative	Çegemnikineto the Chegem's one	Çegemnikilegeto the Chegem's ones	Çegemlenikineto the Chegems' one	Çegemlenikilegeto the Chegems' ones
Locative	Çegemnikindein / at the Chegem's one	Çegemnikiledein / at the Chegem's ones	Çegemlenikindein / at the Chegems' one	Çegemlenikiledein / at the Chegems' ones
Ablative	Çegemnikindenfrom the Chegem's one	Çegemnikiledenfrom the Chegem's ones	Çegemlenikindenfrom the Chegems' one	Çegemlenikiledenfrom the Chegems' ones

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