hant
/ xant /
Definition noun dish
Examples
- at tilegen at tabar, hant tilegen hant tabar — who asks for a horse finds a horse; who asks for food finds food — a proverb
- hant üy — a dining room
Cases
| Singular | Plural | When to use it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hant the dish | hantla the dishes | the plain dictionary form — the doer of the sentence |
| genitive | hantnı the dish's | hantlanı the dishes' | the owner — whose it is |
| accusative | hantnı the dish (as the object) | hantlanı the dishes (as the object) | a specific, known object — whom or what |
| dative | hantha to the dish | hantlağa to the dishes | direction or recipient — to where, to whom |
| locative | hantda at / in the dish | hantlada at / in the dishes | where it is; also having — mende bar, "I have it" |
| ablative | hantdan from the dish | hantladan from the dishes | 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 | hantım my dish | hantlarım my dishes |
| your | hantıng your dish | hantlarıng your dishes |
| his / her | hantı his / her dish | hantları his / her dishes |
| our | hantıbız our dish | hantlarıbız our dishes |
| you all's | hantığız you all's dish | hantlarığız you all's dishes |
| their | hantları their dish | hantları their dishes |
The overlap in the last rows is real, not a mistake: hantları can mean "his / her dishes", "their dish", or "their dishes" — context decides.