çiy

/tʃij/

1. (adj.) raw, uncooked, underdone

çiy et — raw meat
çiy süt — raw milk
çiy gırjın — underbaked bread
çiy qalırğa — to be left underdone

2. (adj.) unripe, green, immature (of fruit)

çiy alma — an unripe apple
çiy erik — an unripe plum
çiy alma tişleriŋi qamatadı — an unripe apple sets your teeth on edge

3. (adj.) damp, moist, not dried out

çiy otunla — damp firewood
çiy jer — damp ground
çiy qumaç — damp cloth

4. (adj.) green, fresh, not dried (of grass or hay)

çiy hans — green grass
çiy hansnı iyisi — the smell of fresh grass

5. (adj.) untreated, raw, undressed — Said of hides that have not been dressed, metal that has not been tempered, and other material, such as wool, that has not been worked.

çiy teri — an undressed hide
çiy temir — untempered iron
çiy temir tınç egeledi — untempered iron is easy to file
çiy buğa terini kerdile — they stretched the raw bull hide
çiy jün — raw wool

6. (adj.) pure, unalloyed, without admixture (fig.)

çiy altın — pure gold
tüz çiy altınça sıylıdı — is as precious as pure gold

7. (adj.) utter, downright, out-and-out (as an intensifier) (colloq.) one source

çiy teli — an utter fool
ol çiy telidi — he is an utter fool
Soltan çiy teli bolğandı — Soltan has become an utter fool

8. (adj.) flawed, unpolished, poor (fig.) — Usually of someone's work or skill.

anı işi çiydi — their work is shoddy
çiy işli adam — a person whose work is poor
bu iş menŋe çiy körünedi — this work looks shoddy to me

9. (n.) flaw, defect, shortcoming (fig.)

çiy tabarğa — to find a flaw
bir türlü da çiy tabalmadı — could not find any flaw at all
çiyin bildirmezge — not to let one's flaw be known

10. (n.) reed mat, reed screen — Woven from reeds and used as a base for pressing felt.

çiy jayarğa — to spread out a reed mat
çiyni jıyarğa — to roll the reed mat up
üyde eki çiy bardı — there are two reed mats in the house
çiyge jayğan kiyizlik jün — the felt wool spread on the reed mat

Expressions

çiy bermezge — conceal one's secret (Idiom)
çiy tabarğa — uncover a secret (Idiom)
çiyin bilirge — know one's secret (Idiom)
çiyin çığarırğa — expose a secret (Idiom)

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Sources

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Guzeev (ed.) 1996–2005 · Explanatory Dictionary of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meanings 1–6, 9
Guzeev 2000 · School Explanatory Dictionary of the Balkar Language · meanings 8, 10
Guzeev 2013 · Dictionary of Homonyms of the Karachay-Balkar Language · meanings 1–3, 6, 8–10
Nevruz 1991 · Karachay-Balkar–Turkish Dictionary · meanings 1–3, 5
Suyunchev and Urusbiev (eds.) 1965 · Russian–Karachay-Balkar Dictionary · meanings 1, 2, 7
Tenishev and Suyunchev (eds.) 1989 · Karachay-Balkar–Russian Dictionary · meanings 1–5, 10

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As an adjective

Degrees

Degrees — çiy
Degree	—form
base form	çiyraw
comparative — more	çiyirekrawer
intensifier — very	bek çiyvery raw
superlative — most	em çiythe rawest

Saying it about mine, yours, theirs

One thing

One thing — çiy
Degree	menikimine	senikiyours	anıqıhis / hers	biznikiours	siznikiyours (pl.)	alanıqıtheirs
base form	meniki çiydimine is raw	seniki çiydiyours is raw	anıqı çiydihis is raw	bizniki çiydiours is raw	sizniki çiydiyours (pl.) is raw	alanıqı çiyditheirs is raw
comparative — more	meniki çiyirekdimine is rawer	seniki çiyirekdiyours is rawer	anıqı çiyirekdihis is rawer	bizniki çiyirekdiours is rawer	sizniki çiyirekdiyours (pl.) is rawer	alanıqı çiyirekditheirs is rawer
intensifier — very	meniki bek çiydimine is very raw	seniki bek çiydiyours is very raw	anıqı bek çiydihis is very raw	bizniki bek çiydiours is very raw	sizniki bek çiydiyours (pl.) is very raw	alanıqı bek çiyditheirs is very raw
superlative — most	meniki em çiydimine is the rawest	seniki em çiydiyours is the rawest	anıqı em çiydihis is the rawest	bizniki em çiydiours is the rawest	sizniki em çiydiyours (pl.) is the rawest	alanıqı em çiyditheirs is the rawest

Several things

Several things — çiy
Degree	menikilemine	senikileyours	anıqılahis / hers	biznikileours	siznikileyours (pl.)	alanıqılatheirs
base form	menikile çiydilemine are raw	senikile çiydileyours are raw	anıqıla çiydilehis are raw	biznikile çiydileours are raw	siznikile çiydileyours (pl.) are raw	alanıqıla çiydiletheirs are raw
comparative — more	menikile çiyirekdilemine are rawer	senikile çiyirekdileyours are rawer	anıqıla çiyirekdilehis are rawer	biznikile çiyirekdileours are rawer	siznikile çiyirekdileyours (pl.) are rawer	alanıqıla çiyirekdiletheirs are rawer
intensifier — very	menikile bek çiydilemine are very raw	senikile bek çiydileyours are very raw	anıqıla bek çiydilehis are very raw	biznikile bek çiydileours are very raw	siznikile bek çiydileyours (pl.) are very raw	alanıqıla bek çiydiletheirs are very raw
superlative — most	menikile em çiydilemine are the rawest	senikile em çiydileyours are the rawest	anıqıla em çiydilehis are the rawest	biznikile em çiydileours are the rawest	siznikile em çiydileyours (pl.) are the rawest	alanıqıla em çiydiletheirs are the rawest

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

As a noun

Cases and owners

Singular — cases of çiy, plain and with an owner
Case	—plain	menimy	seniyour	anıhis / her	bizniour	sizniyou all's	alanıtheir
Nominative	çiythe reed mat	çiyimmy reed mat	çiyiŋyour reed mat	çiyihis reed mat	çiyibizour reed mat	çiyigizyou all's reed mat	çiyleritheir reed mats
Genitive	çiynithe reed mat's	çiyimimy reed mat's	çiyiŋiyour reed mat's	çiyinihis reed mat's	çiyibizniour reed mat's	çiyigizniyou all's reed mat's	çiylerinitheir reed mats'
Accusative	çiynithe reed mat (as the object)	çiyimimy reed mat (as the object)	çiyiŋiyour reed mat (as the object)	çiyinhis reed mat (as the object)	çiyibizniour reed mat (as the object)	çiyigizniyou all's reed mat (as the object)	çiylerintheir reed mats (as the object)
Dative	çiygeto the reed mat	çiyimeto my reed mat	çiyiŋeto your reed mat	çiyineto his reed mat	çiyibizgeto our reed mat	çiyigizgeto you all's reed mat	çiylerineto their reed mats
Locative	çiydein / at the reed mat	çiyimdein / at my reed mat	çiyiŋdein / at your reed mat	çiyindein / at his reed mat	çiyibizdein / at our reed mat	çiyigizdein / at you all's reed mat	çiylerindein / at their reed mats
Ablative	çiydenfrom the reed mat	çiyimdenfrom my reed mat	çiyiŋdenfrom your reed mat	çiyindenfrom his reed mat	çiyibizdenfrom our reed mat	çiyigizdenfrom you all's reed mat	çiylerindenfrom their reed mats

There is no plural of this word. The ending would attach like any other — it is the word, not the grammar, that refuses: this is not something Karachay counts.

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