-лык
Kyrgyz
Alternative forms
- -лик (-lik) – after vowel endings е, и, э
- -лук (-luk) – after vowel endings о, у
- -лүк (-lük) – after vowel endings ө, ү
- -дик (-dik) – after voiced consonants with final vowels е, и, э
- -дук (-duk) – after voiced consonants with final vowels о, у
- -дүк (-dük) – after voiced consonants with final vowels ө, ү
- -дык (-dık) – after voiced consonants with final vowels а, ы
- -тик (-tik) – after unvoiced consonants with final vowels е, и, э
- -тук (-tuk) – after unvoiced consonants with final vowels о, у
- -түк (-tük) – after unvoiced consonants with final vowels ө, ү
- -тык (-tık) – after unvoiced consonants with final vowels а, ы
Etymology
Cognate with Turkish -lık, Azerbaijani -lik.
Suffix
-лык • (-lık)
- -hood, -ship, -dom
- ажы (acı, “hajji”) + -лык (-lık) → ажылык (acılık, “hajj”)
- азат (azat, “free, independent”) + -лык (-lık) → азаттык (azattık, “freedom, liberty”)
- теңирчи (teñirçi, “Tengrist”) + -лык (-lık) → теңирчилик (teñirçilik, “Tengrism”)
- -ness
- чалагайым (çalagayım, “careless, haphazard”) + -лык (-lık) → чалагайымдык (çalagayımdık, “carelessness”)
- күч-кубаттуу (küç-kubattuu, “strong”) + -лык (-lık) → күч-кубаттуулук (küç-kubattuuluk, “strength”)
Derived terms
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