ир-ат
Bashkir
FWOTD – 17 August 2017
Etymology
Compare with Karakhanid [script needed] (erät, “men”), Tatar ират (irat, “men”). The first component is from Proto-Turkic *ēr (“man”), and the second component is hypothesized to be an archaic plural affix.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈirʔˌät]
- Hyphenation: ир-ат
Noun
ир-ат • (ir-at)
- (collective) men, all male members of a community
- Был көндө ир-аттар иртә таңдан тороп мәсеткә йүнәлә.
- Bïl köndö ir-attar irtä tañdan torop mäsetkä yünälä.
- On this day, men get up early at dawn and head for the mosque.
Declension
Inflection of ир-ат (ir-at)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ир-ат (ir-at) | ир-аттар (ir-attar) |
| definite genitive | ир-аттың (ir-attïñ) | ир-аттарҙың (ir-attarðïñ) |
| dative | ир-атҡа (ir-atqa) | ир-аттарға (ir-attarğa) |
| definite accusative | ир-атты (ir-attï) | ир-аттарҙы (ir-attarðï) |
| locative | ир-атта (ir-atta) | ир-аттарҙа (ir-attarða) |
| ablative | ир-аттан (ir-attan) | ир-аттарҙан (ir-attarðan) |
References
- Tenišev E. R., editor (1988) Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov: Morfologija [Comparative Historical Grammar of Turkic Languages: Morphology] (in Russian), volume 3, Moscow: Nauka, page 12