-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.

Pronunciation
  • 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)

Suffix

-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 (teŋirçi, “Tengrist”) + ‎-лык (-lık) → ‎теңирчилик (teŋirçilik, “Tengrism”)
  2. -ness
    ‎чалагайым (çalagayım, “careless, haphazard”) + ‎-лык (-lık) → ‎чалагайымдык (çalagayımdık, “carelessness”)
    ‎күч-кубаттуу (küç-kubattuu, “strong”) + ‎-лык (-lık) → ‎күч-кубаттуулук (küç-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”)

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

Derived terms
Kyrgyz nouns suffixed with -лык
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