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Turkish
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preceding vowel
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| A / I
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E / İ
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O / U
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Ö / Ü
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| postconsonantal
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-ık
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-ik
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-uk
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-ük
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| postvocalic
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-k
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Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ـیق (-ik) as well as Ottoman Turkish وق (-uk), from Proto-Turkic *-uk, synonymous to Proto-Turkic *-ïg.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɯk/, /ic/, /uk/, /yc/
Suffix
-ık
- Derives participle forms of verbs; adjectival and/or resulting state or product of the action.
- aç- (“to open”) + -ık → açık (“open, opened”)
- del- (“to drill, to poke a hole”) + -ik → delik (“hole, pierced”)
- boz- (“to break, to damage”) + -uk → bozuk (“broken, damaged”)
- düş- (“to fall”) + -ük → düşük (“fallen, low”)
- iste- (“to want”) + -k → istek (“request, want”)
- dile- (“to wish”) + -k → dilek (“wish, desire”)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), "+Uk" - in Nişanyan Sözlük