-𐽻𐽶𐽴

Old Uyghur

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-𐽻(𐽶)𐽴 (-s(y)z) -𐽻(𐽶)𐽴 (-s(y)z) -𐽻(𐽳)𐽴 (-s(w)z) -𐽻(𐽳)𐽴 (-s(w)z)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-siŕ (-less, lacking).

Suffix

-𐽻𐽶𐽴 (-syz)

  1. Used to form adjectives or nouns denoting the non-possession of a thing or quality; -less
    Antonym: -𐾁𐽶𐽷 (-lyk)
    (a/ï-)𐽽𐽲𐽿𐽰𐽼𐾀 (cqšʾpt /⁠čaḥšapat⁠/, morality, fidelity, self-discipline) + ‎-𐽻𐽶𐽴 (-syz) → ‎𐽽𐽲𐽿𐽰𐽼𐾀𐽻𐽴 (cqšʾptsz /⁠čaḥšapatsïz⁠/, infidel, immoral [person], one without self-discipline)
    (e/é/i-)𐽰𐽸 (ʾd /⁠ed⁠/, goods, riches, property, worth) + ‎-𐽻𐽶𐽴 (-syz) → ‎𐽰𐽸𐽻𐽶𐽴 (ʾdsyz /⁠edsiz⁠/, worthless, cheap)
    (o/u-)𐽰𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽺 (ʾwrwn /⁠oron⁠/, place of residence) + ‎-𐽻𐽶𐽴 (-syz) → ‎𐽰𐽳𐽾𐽳𐽺𐽻𐽳𐽴 (ʾwrwnswz /⁠oronsuz⁠/, homeless, without a place to call for oneself, dead)
    (ö/ü-)𐽰𐽳𐽶𐾁𐽷𐽳 (ʾwylkw /⁠ülgü⁠/, measure, dimensions of an object) + ‎-𐽻𐽶𐽴 (-syz) → ‎𐽰𐽳𐾁𐽷𐽳𐾁𐽰𐽷𐽳𐾁𐽳𐽷𐽻𐽳𐽴 (ʾwlkwlʾkwlwkswz /⁠ülgülegülüksüz⁠/, immeasurable)

References

  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “-sız/-siz/-suz/-süz”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page xlii
  • Erdal, Marcel (2004) “+s(X)z”, in A Grammar of Old Turkic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies; 3), Brill Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 149