𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴

Old Uyghur

Orthographic variants
Uyghur script 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽶𐽴 (ʾwyksyz /⁠ögsiz⁠/)

Etymology

By surface analysis, 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷 (ʾwyk /⁠ög, ök⁠/, mother; mind, intellect) +‎ -𐽻𐽳𐽴 (-swz /⁠-süz⁠/, -less), from Proto-Turkic *ȫgsiŕ. Cognate with Orkhon Turkic 𐰇𐰏𐰾𐰔 (ügs²z /⁠ögsüz⁠/).

Sense 1 and 2 are from different homophonic Proto-Turkic roots, using the same suffixation.

Adjective

𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴 (ʾwykswz /ögsüz, öksüz/)

  1. motherless, orphan
    Synonym: 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽻𐽶𐽴 (qʾnksyz /⁠ḳaŋsïz⁠/)
    • c. 10th century, The Tale of Prince Kalyāṇaṃkara and Pāpaṃkara page 77, lines 6-7 (left page):[1]
      𐾀𐽶 𐾁𐽰𐽾 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴𐾃 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽶 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽻𐽶𐽴𐾃 𐽲𐽰𐽺𐽷𐽶
      𐽻𐽶𐽴𐾃 𐽼𐽳𐾁𐾀𐽳𐽺𐽷𐽳𐽴𐾃 𐽰𐽰𐽹𐾀𐽶 𐽼𐽶𐽴𐽺𐽶 𐽰𐽶𐽾𐽶𐽺𐽽
      ty lʾr ʾwykswẓ ʾwyky qʾnksyẓ qʾnky
      syẓ pwltwnkwẓ ʾʾmty pyzny ʾyrync
      / [] tiler. Ögsüz ögi, ḳaŋsïz ḳaŋï siz boltuŋuz. Amtï bizni irinč [] /
      [] You became a mother to the motherless and a father to the fatherless, but now []
  2. mindless, dumb, unconscious
    Synonyms: 𐽼𐽶𐾁𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽶𐽴 (pylyksyz /⁠biligsiz⁠/), 𐽹𐽳𐽶𐽺𐾀𐽾𐽳𐽷 (mwyntrwk /⁠müntrük⁠/), 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽹𐽰𐽴 (twymʾz /⁠tuymaz⁠/), 𐾀𐽳𐽶𐽹𐽷𐽰 (twymkʾ /⁠tümge⁠/)

Declension

Declension of 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴
singular definite plural
nominative 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴 (ʾwykswz) 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴𐾁𐽰𐽾 (ʾwykswzlʾr)
genitive 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴𐽺𐽳𐽺𐽷 (ʾwykswznwnk) 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (ʾwykswzlʾrnynk)
dative 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴𐽷𐽰 (ʾwykswzkʾ) 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽷𐽰 (ʾwykswzlʾrkʾ)
accusative 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴𐽳𐽷 (ʾwykswzwk), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴𐽺𐽶 (ʾwykswzny) 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽷 (ʾwykswzlʾryk), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (ʾwykswzlʾrny)
locative 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴𐽸𐽰 (ʾwykswzdʾ) 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽸𐽰 (ʾwykswzlʾrdʾ)
ablative 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴𐽸𐽶𐽺 (ʾwykswzdyn) 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽸𐽶𐽺 (ʾwykswzlʾrdyn)
instrumental 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴𐽳𐽺 (ʾwykswzwn) 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (ʾwykswzlʾryn)
equative 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴𐽽𐽰 (ʾwykswzcʾ)
directive 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴𐽷𐽰𐽾𐽳 (ʾwykswzkʾrw), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴𐽾𐽰 (ʾwykswzrʾ)
similative 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (ʾwykswzlʾyw)

References

  • Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “ögsüz”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 148
  • Hamilton, James (2020) Korkut, Ece, Birkan, İsmet, transl., Budacı İyi Kalpli ve Kötü Kalpli Prens Masalının Uygurcası - Prens Kalyāṇaṃkara ve Pāpaṃkara Hikâyesi (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, →ISBN, page 65
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ögsüz”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 116
  • Wilkens, Jens (2021) “ögsüz”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, page 528