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Kazakh
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *-t.
Suffix
-іт • (-ıt)
- Used to form causative verbs.
- Synonyms: -гіз (-gız), -із (-ız), -ір (-ır), -дір (-dır), -тір (-tır)
- ренжі- (renjı-, “to be offended”) + -іт (-ıt) → ренжіт- (renjıt-, “to offend”)
Usage notes
- All the causative suffixes are synonymous and carry the same meaning, but the usage is irregular and you can't know which one should be used. The only rule is that -т (-t) is always used after a vowel. Sometimes some verbs may have a few synonymous causatives formed by different suffixes:
- жаз- (jaz-, “to write”) + -ғыз (-ğyz) > жазғыз- (jazğyz-, “to make someone write”)
- жаз- (jaz-, “to write”) + -дыр (-dyr) > жаздыр- (jazdyr-, “to make someone write”)
- And it is also possible to attach multiple suffixes, either forming a new meaning or just keeping the same one:
- оқы- (oqy-, “to read”) + -т (-t) -қыз (-qyz) > оқытқыз- (oqytqyz-, “to make someone read”)
- өл- (öl-, “to die”) + -тір (-tır) > өлтір- (öltır-, “to kill”) + -т (-t) > өлтірт- (öltırt-, “to make someone kill”)