-лык

• IPA^(key): /lək/
• Rhymes: -ək
• Hyphenation: лык

Borrowed from Turkic, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *-lik.

-лык • (-lyk)

1. denominal purposive/quality suffix

   ‎поро (poro, “good”) + ‎-лык (-lyk) → ‎порылык (porylyk, “goodness”)

• It is used to create abstract nouns referring to a state, a property or a quality. It is especially productive in combination with the suffix -дыме (-dyme), which serves as the ending of the negative participle and as a denominal privative suffix, resulting in an ending -дымылык (-dymylyk).^[1]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-лык • (-lyk)

1. denominal purposive suffix

   ‎балет (baĺet, “ballet”) + ‎-лык (-lyk) → ‎балетлык (baĺetlyk, “for ballet”)

• Note also the forms derived from the genitive forms of personal pronouns of the first and second person, singular and plural:^[2]
  • ‎мыйын (myjyn, “me”) + ‎-лык (-lyk) → ‎мыйынлык (myjynlyk, “meant for me”)

Cognate with Turkish -lık, Azerbaijani -lik.

• IPA^(key): [ɫɯq] (-лык)
• IPA^(key): [lic] (-лик)
• IPA^(key): [ɫuq] (-лук)
• IPA^(key): [lyc] (-лүк)
• IPA^(key): [dɯq] (-дык)
• IPA^(key): [dic] (-дик)
• IPA^(key): [duq] (-дук)
• IPA^(key): [dyc] (-дүк)
• IPA^(key): [tɯq] (-тык)
• IPA^(key): [tic] (-тик)
• IPA^(key): [tuq] (-тук)
• IPA^(key): [tyc] (-түк)

-лык • (-lık)

1. -hood, -ship, -dom

   ‎ажы (ajı, “hajji”) + ‎-лык (-lık) → ‎ажылык (ajılık, “hajj”)

   ‎азат (azat, “free, independent”) + ‎-лык (-lık) → ‎азаттык (azattık, “freedom, liberty”)

   ‎теңирчи (teŋirci, “Tengrist”) + ‎-лык (-lık) → ‎теңирчилик (teŋircilik, “Tengrism”)

2. -ness

   ‎чалагайым (calagayım, “careless, haphazard”) + ‎-лык (-lık) → ‎чалагайымдык (calagayımdık, “carelessness”)

   ‎күч-кубаттуу (küc-kubattuu, “strong”) + ‎-лык (-lık) → ‎күч-кубаттуулук (küc-kubattuuluk, “strength”)

3. of, from;

   ‎Бишкек (Bişkek, “Bishkek”) + ‎-лык (-lık) → ‎Бишкектик (Bişkektik, “[a person] from Bishkek”)

   ‎Ош (Oş, “Osh”) + ‎-лык (-lık) → ‎Оштук (Oştuk, “[a person] from Osh”)

• Depending on the last vowel and consonant, it can become -лик, -лук, -лүк, -дык, -дик, -дук, -дүк, -тык, -тик, -тук, -түк.