𐽻𐽳𐽱
Old Uyghur
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sub ~ *sūb (“water”).
Noun
𐽻𐽳𐽱 (swβ /suv, suw/)
- water; (by extension) any inviscid liquid
- river, body of water
- Synonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽳 (ʾʾrqw /arḳu/), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽰𐽺 (ʾwykʾn /ögän/), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽴𐽳𐽷 (ʾwyzwk /özök/), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽳𐽴 (ʾwykwz /ügüz/), 𐽶𐽳𐾁 (ywl /yul/)
- 𐽲𐽰𐾁𐽺𐽷𐽳𐾁𐽰𐽷𐾁𐽶 𐽶𐽳𐽷𐽳𐽾𐾁𐽳𐽷𐾁𐽳 𐽻𐽳𐽱
- qʾlnkwlʾkly ywkwrlwklw swβ
- /Ḳalŋulaḳlï yügürlüglü suv./
- River that ebbs and flows.
- (anatomy) bodily fluid
- Synonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽲 (ʾʾkyq /aḳïġ/), 𐾀𐽰𐾀𐽶𐽲 (tʾtyq /tatïġ/)
- (rare) ink
- Synonym: 𐽹𐽷𐽰 (mkʾ /mäkä/)
- (rare) paste
- Synonym: 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶𐽷 (ʾykyk /ekig/)
Declension
| singular | definite plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | 𐽻𐽳𐽱 (swβ) | 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾 (swβlʾr) |
| genitive | 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽺𐽳𐽺𐽷 (swβnwnk) | 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (swβlʾrnynk) |
| dative | 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽲𐽰 (swβqʾ) | 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽰 (swβlʾrqʾ) |
| accusative | 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽳𐽲 (swβwq), 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽺𐽶 (swβny) | 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (swβlʾryq), 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (swβlʾrny) |
| locative | 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾀𐽰 (swβtʾ) | 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (swβlʾrtʾ) |
| ablative | 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾀𐽶𐽺 (swβtyn) | 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (swβlʾrtyn) |
| instrumental | 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽳𐽺 (swβwn) | 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (swβlʾryn) |
| equative | 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽽𐽰 (swβcʾ) | |
| directive | 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽲𐽰𐽾𐽳 (swβqʾrw), 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽾𐽰 (swβrʾ) | |
| similative | 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (swβlʾyw) |
Compound terms
- 𐽻𐽳𐽱 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽳𐽴𐽶 (swβ ʾwykwzy /suv öküzi/, “water buffalo”)
- 𐽻𐽳𐽱 𐽰𐽶𐽽𐽹𐽰𐽷 (swβ ʾycmʾk /suv ič-/, “to drink water”)
- 𐽻𐽳𐽱 𐽰𐽾𐽷𐽰𐽽𐾁𐽰𐽺𐽹𐽰𐽷 (swβ ʾrkʾclʾnmʾk /suv ärkäčlänmäk/, “high waves of the ocean”)
- 𐽻𐽳𐽱 𐽶𐽳𐾁𐾀𐽳𐽴 (swβ ywltwz /suv yultuz/, “Mercury”) (水星 (Shuǐxīng))
- 𐽻𐽳𐽱 𐽶𐽶𐽶𐾁 (swβ yyyl /suv yiel/, “water breeze”)
- 𐽻𐽳𐽱 𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽷𐽶𐽺𐽶 (swβ kʾlkyny /suv kälgini/, “inundation”)
- 𐽻𐽳𐽱 𐽹𐽲𐽰𐽼𐽳𐾀 (swβ mqʾpwt /suv maḫabut/, “water element”)
- 𐽻𐽳𐽱 𐾀𐽰𐽹𐽶𐽴𐽶 (swβ tʾmyzy /suv tamïzï/, “waterdrop”)
- 𐽻𐽳𐽱 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶 (swβ tnkry /suv täŋri/, “god of water”)
- 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽳𐽲 𐽻𐽳𐽶𐽴𐾀𐽳𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽷 (swβwq swyztwrmʾk /suvug süztür-/, “to filter [muddy] waters”)
Derived terms
- 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽰𐽲 (swβʾq /suvaḳ/, “irrigation canal, aqueduct”)
- 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽰𐽹𐽰𐽲 (swβʾmʾq /suva-/, “to water, to sprinkle water, to paint, to cover with plaster or stucco”)
- 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽰𐽽𐽳 (swβʾcw /suvaču/, “bladder”)
- 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽰𐽽𐽶 (swβʾcy /suvačï/, “house-painter, plasterer”)
- 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽳𐽲 (swβwq /suvuḳ/, “liquid; inviscid and flowing (of liquids)”)
- 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽶𐽹𐽰𐽲 (swβymʾq /suvï-/, “to wash (someone)”)
- 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽻𐽰𐽹𐽰𐽲 (swβsʾmʾq /suvsa-/, “to get thirsty”)
- 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽻𐽰𐾁𐽶𐽲 (swβsʾlyq /suvsalïġ/, “desire for booze, desire to get inebriated”)
- 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽻𐽳𐽺 (swβswn /suvsun/, “juice, fruit juice, fruit”)
- 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽻𐽳𐽿 (swβswš /suvsuš/, “booze, alcoholic drink; syrup, drink”)
- 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽽𐽶 (swβcy /suvčï/, “person responsible for maintaining irrigation canals or aqueducts”)
- 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾁𐽳𐽲 (swβlwq /suvluġ/, “water cup; small lake”)
Descendants
- Western Yugur: su (su, “water”)
References
- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “suv”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 212
- Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), “SUV, > suv yultuz”, in Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 515
- Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1, 4) suv”, in Handwörterbuch des Altuigurischen (in German), Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, pages 633-634