-к

Kazakh

Alternative forms

  • -қ (-q), -ік (-ık), -ық (-yq)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-k. Cognate with Kyrgyz -к (-k), Southern Altai -к (-k), Turkish -k.

Suffix

-к • (-k)

  1. Denotes first-person plural person after past tense and conditional tense
    Алматыда тудық
    Almatyda tudyq
    We were born in Almaty.
  2. (colloquial, proscribed) Denotes first-person plural person after auxillary verbs жату (jatu), отыру (otyru), тұру (tūru), жүру (jüru).
    Оқып жатырық
    Oqyp jatyryq
    We are reading.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-k.

Suffix

-к • (-k)

  1. Forms nouns from verbs
    ‎ұзау (ūzau, “to lengthen”) + ‎-к (-k) → ‎ұзақ (ūzaq, “long”)
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