ӱлгер
Southern Altai
Etymology
From *ülkär "Pleiades", possibly from Proto-Turkic *ül- (“to divide”).
Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (Ülkär, “Pleiades”); Kazakh Үркер (Ürker), Kyrgyz Үркөр (Ürkör), Kumyk Уьлкер (Ülker), Uzbek Hulkar, Azerbaijani Ülkər, Turkish Ülker, Khakas Ӱлгер (Ülger), Yakut Үргэл (Ürgel, “Pleiades”).
Proper noun
ӱлгер • (ülger)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | ӱлгер (ülger) | ӱлгерлер (ülgerler) |
| definite genitive | ӱлгердиҥ (ülgerdiŋ) | ӱлгерлердиҥ (ülgerlerdiŋ) |
| dative | ӱлгерге (ülgerge) | ӱлгерлерге (ülgerlerge) |
| definite accusative | ӱлгерди (ülgerdi) | ӱлгерлерди (ülgerlerdi) |
| locative | ӱлгерде (ülgerde) | ӱлгерлерде (ülgerlerde) |
| ablative | ӱлгердеҥ (ülgerdeŋ) | ӱлгерлердеҥ (ülgerlerdeŋ) |
References
N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “ӱлгер”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN