-məz

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish ـمز (-mez, -maz), from Proto-Turkic *-meŕ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mæz]

Suffix

preceding vowel
a / ı / o / u e / ə / i̇ / ö / ü
-maz

-məz

  1. Negative aorist suffix.
  2. Makes negative aorist participles.
    dözül- (to be endured; tolerated) + ‎-məz → ‎dözülməz (unbearable; intolerable)

Usage notes

  • The suffix takes the form -mər/mar before the first-person suffixes -əm (which in this case takes the form -m) and -ik.
    • get- + ‎-məz + ‎əm → ‎getmərəm (I do/will not go)
    • bil- + ‎-məz + ‎-ik → ‎bilmərik (we do/will not know)

Derived terms

See also