tosbağa

Turkish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈtosbaː]

Noun

tosbağa (definite accusative tosbağayı, plural tosbağalar)

(dialectal, zoology) tortoise

Declension

Inflection

Nominative

tosbağa

Definite accusative

tosbağayı

Singular

Plural

Nominative

tosbağa

tosbağalar

Definite accusative

tosbağayı

tosbağaları

Dative

tosbağaya

tosbağalara

Locative

tosbağada

tosbağalarda

Ablative

tosbağadan

tosbağalardan

Genitive

tosbağanın

tosbağaların

Possessive forms
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	tosbağam	tosbağalarım
2nd singular	tosbağan	tosbağaların
3rd singular	tosbağası	tosbağaları
1st plural	tosbağamız	tosbağalarımız
2nd plural	tosbağanız	tosbağalarınız
3rd plural	tosbağaları	tosbağaları

Usage notes

This word is only common in a zoological context, where it is used to make a distinction between turtles and tortoises. Except for that, most people use the word kaplumbağa for both of the animals.

Usually, this word represents the Spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca).

Synonyms

kaplumbağa