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Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
Suffix
-cil
- Suffix appended to nouns to derive adjectives with the meaning of inclination.
- iş (“work”) + -cil → işcil (“hard-working, industrious”)
- yuxu (“sleep”) + -cil → yuxucul (“prone to sleep a lot”)
- ard (“sequel, continuation”) + -cil → ardıcıl (“consistent”)
- ölüm (“death”) + -cil → ölümcül (“deadly”)
References
- ^ Şirəliyev, Məmmədağa, Sevortyan, Ervand (1971) “-cil”, in Grammatika azerbajdžanskovo jazyka. Fonetika, morfologija i sintaksis. [Grammar of Azerbaijani language. Phonetics, morphology, syntax.], Baku: Elm, page 64
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـجیل (-cil).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-cil
- Derives names of animals, mainly but not exclusively birds, which denote their diet or their tendency to prey on a certain type of animal.
- balık (“fish”) + -çıl → balıkçıl (“heron”, literally “that which feeds on fish”)
- arı (“bee”) + -cıl → arıcıl (“bee-eater”, literally “that which feeds on bees”)
- et (“meat”) + -çil → etçil (“meat eater, carnivore”)
- ot (“straw, grass”) + -çul → otçul (“plant eater, herbivore”)
- Derives names of plants or animals, which denote their tendency or preference to habitate a certain type of environment or location.
- batak (“bog, marsh”) + -çıl → batakçıl (“that which lives, likes to live in swamps, swampy areas”)
- kurak (“dry, arid”) + -çıl → kurakçıl (“that which lives, likes to live in a dry, arid environment”)
- dağ (“mountain”) + -cıl → dağcıl (“that which lives, likes to live on mountains, in mountainous areas”)
- Derives adjectives from nouns, which denote a tendency, fondness, habit, affection or dependency towards an action or behaviour.
- ben (“I, me, self”) + -cil → bencil (“selfish, egotistical”)
- kötü (“evil, malice”) + -cül → kötücül (“malicious, wicked, ill-intentioned”)
- ev (“home, house”) + -cil → evcil (“homely, domesticated”)
- kin (“grudge”) + -cil → kincil (“grudging, vengeful, revengeful”)
- Adds the meaning of tendency, willingness or closeness.
- ön (“front, anterior”) + -cül → öncül (“that which leads, leading”)
- art (“back, rear”) + -çıl → artçıl (“that which comes from behind, latter”)
- ölüm (“death”) + -cül → ölümcül (“deadly, fatal”)
- Adds the meaning of similarity, likeness.
- ak (“white”) + -çıl → akçıl (“whitened, blenched”)
- kır (“grey”) + -çıl → kırçıl (“greyed, starting to grey”)
- Derives terms.
- bütün (“whole, entirety”) + -cül → bütüncül (“holistic, totalitarian”)
- hep (“all, ever”) + -çil → hepçil (“omnivore”)
Derived terms