-ım
See also: Appendix:Variations of "im"
Turkish
Suffix
-ım
- First-person singular possessive suffix denoting singular possession in words ending in a consonant.
- saç (“hair”) + -ım → saçım (“my hair”)
- kız (“daughter”) + -ım → kızım (“my daughter”)
- Conjugation of the verb "to be" for first person singular, simple present tense.
- hazır (“ready”) + -ım → hazırım (“I am ready”)
Usage notes
- If the noun ends in a vowel, it becomes "-m" (for the possession suffix)
- araba + -ım → arabam
- It's used only when the word's last vowel is "a" or "ı". It may change into "-im", "-um" and "-üm" according to the last vowel of the word. (possession suffix)
- ev + -ım → evim (the last vowel is "e" or "i")
- yol + -ım → yolum (the last vowel is "o" or "u")
- yüz + -ım → yüzüm (the last vowel is "ö" or "ü")
- If the word ends in "p", "ç", "t" or "k", it may change them into "b", "c", "d" and "ğ".
- kitap + -ım → kitabım
- ağaç + -ım → ağacım
- kanat + -ım → kanadım
- kulak + -ım → kulağım
- It may cause the last vowel of the word dropped.
- karın + -ım → karnım
- If the word ends in a vowel, it's used with an auxiliary consonant; "y". (for the verb to be)
- yaşlı + -ım → yaşlıyım
- It must be used with an apostrophe if it's appended to a proper noun.
- Barış + -ım → Barış'ım