деч(ын)
{postposition} [Generate paradigm] 1. from, away from
♢ мый дечем кай {sentence} go away from me
♦ ола деч вич меҥге тораште {adverb} five kilometers from town
♦ пӧрт деч {adverb} from the house
2. from (a person)
♢ изам деч серышым вучем {sentence} I'm waiting for a letter from my big brother
♦ ача деч налаш (-ам) {verb I} to get from one's father
♦ йолташ деч пален налаш (-ам) {verb I} to hear from a friend
♦ йолташ деч серыш {noun} a letter from a friend
♦ мый дечем {adverb} from me
♦ мый дечем салам {noun} greetings from me
♦ тендан деч {adverb} from you (Pl.)
♦ тудын деч {adverb} from him/her
3. (differing, separated) from
♢ мый дечем ойырлен {sentence} (s)he left me
♦ осал деч сайым ойыраш (-ем) {verb II} to separate the good from the bad
♦ поезд деч кодаш (-ам) {verb I} to miss one's train
4. of, from (demanded by government by various verbs)
♦ еҥ деч вожылаш (-ам) {verb I} to be shy of people
♦ иктаж-кӧн деч шылаш (-ам) {verb I} to flee from someone
♦ колымаш деч утаралташ (-ам) {verb I} to escape death
♦ кылмен черланыме деч лӱдаш (-ам) {verb I} to be afraid of a cold
♦ кылмыме деч эскераш (-ем) {verb II} to be careful not to catch a cold
♦ маска деч лӱдаш (-ам) {verb I} to be afraid of a bear
♦ палыдыме еҥ деч аптыранаш (-ем) {verb II} to be shy with strangers
♦ тушман деч аралаш (-ем) {verb II} to protect from an enemy
5. out of, from, due to, because of
♦ арам вучымо деч {adverb} due to waiting in vain
♦ яра шинчыме деч {adverb} out of idleness
6. than (comparison)
♢ Ануш Эчан деч изирак {sentence} Anush is smaller than Echan
♢ Какшан Ошла деч кугу {sentence} the Kokshaga is larger than the Oshla
♢ чын кече дечат волгыдо {sentence} truth is brighter than even the sun
♦ ончычсо деч сайрак {adjective} better than the one before
7. of (used in superlative constructions)
♦ ошо деч ошо {adjective} the whitest of the white
♦ сай деч сай {adjective} the best of the best
♦ шеме деч шеме {adjective} the blackest of the black
8. against, for (e.g., an illness)
♦ карныктыш чер деч эм {noun} constipation medicine
♦ кокырымо деч эм {noun} cough medicine
9. (in numerous compound postpositions)
♢ нигӧ деч гоч тыйым йӧратем {sentence} I love you more than anyone else
♢ тый ыштымет деч гоч кутырет {sentence} you say more than you do
♢ тиде арвер тӱжем теҥге деч гоч шога {sentence} this thing costs more than a thousand rubles
♢ тиде арвер тӱжем теҥге деч гоч ок шого {sentence} this thing does not cost more than a thousand rubles
♢ тудо Ануш деч молым нигӧм ок шоно {sentence} (s)he doesn't think about anyone but Anush
♢ сай йолташ деч посна илаш неле {sentence} it's hard to live without a good friend
♢ сӱретлаш лудмо дечат утларак йӧрата {sentence} (s)he loves to draw even more than (s)he loves to read
♦ амал деч посна {adverb} without a reason
♦ вич шагат деч утларак {adverb} a little more than five hours
♦ война деч варасе {adjective} postwar
♦ война деч ончыч {adverb} before the war
♦ война деч ончычрак {adverb} right before the war
♦ война деч ончычсо {adjective} prewar
♦ деч вара {postposition} {set phrase} after
♦ деч гоч {postposition} {set phrase} more than
♦ деч моло {postposition} {set phrase} except for
♦ деч ончыч {postposition} {set phrase} before, till, until
♦ деч ӧрдыжтӧ {postposition} {set phrase} outside of
♦ деч посна {postposition} {set phrase} without; except for, but
♦ деч утла {postposition} {set phrase} more than
♦ звонок деч ончыч {adverb} before someone calls
♦ ик стакан деч гоч вӱдым йӱаш огыл {verb form} to drink no more than a cup of water
♦ йолташ-влак деч посна {adverb} without friends
♦ лу километр деч утла {adverb} more than ten kilometers
♦ мый дечем посна чылан {noun} all but me, all except for me
♦ мыскара деч посна {adverb} seriously speaking, not joking
♦ нигӧ деч ончыч {adverb} before everyone else
♦ ола деч ӧрдыжтӧ {adverb} outside of the city
♦ рушарня деч вара {adverb} after Sunday
♦ службо деч ӧрдыжтӧ {adverb} off-duty
♦ тудо кече деч вара {adverb} after that day
♦ тудын деч посна {adverb} except for him him/her; without him/her
♦ тый дечет посна {adverb} except for you; without you
♦ школым тунем пытарыме деч вара {adverb} after graduating, after finishing school
♦ шыл деч посна {adverb} without meat
♦ эр кочкыш деч вара {adverb} after breakfast
