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Turkish
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-gaç
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-geç
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-kaç
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-keç
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Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـكچ (-gaç, -geç) and sometimes ـكج (-gac, -gec), from Proto-Turkic *-gač, *-geč. In many cases in Modern Turkish the "g" falls off and the suffix presents as -aç/-eç.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡat͡ʃ/, /ɟet͡ʃ/, /kat͡ʃ/, /cet͡ʃ/
Suffix
-gaç
- Derives names of tools from verbs or nouns.[2]
- yüz- (“to swim”) + -geç → yüzgeç (“fin, flipper”)
- süz- (“to strain, to filter”) + -geç → süzgeç (“filter, sieve”)
- kıs- (“to pinch, to tighten”) + -kaç → kıskaç (“clamp, pincers, claw”)
- solu- (“to breathe”) + -(n)gaç → solungaç (“gill”)
- bakır (“copper”) + -aç → bakraç (“a small copper bucket”)
- ayır- (“to separate”) + -aç → ayraç (“separator, bookmark”)
- kaldır- (“to lift”) + -aç → kaldıraç (“lever, crank”)
- In rare cases derives adjectives from verbs, of inclination or habit.[2]
- utan- (“to be ashamed, to be shy”) + -gaç → utangaç (“shy, timid”)
- üşen- (“to feel too lazy (to do something)”) + -geç → üşengeç (“lazy, lethargic”)
- gül- (“to smile, to laugh”) + -eç → güleç (“smiling often, habitually”)
- alın- (“to be offended”) + -gaç → (regional) alıngaç (“shy, timid”)
- Derives various nouns from verbs or other nouns.
- sür- (“to drive, to last”) + -eç → süreç (“process, continuum”)
- kaya (“stone, boulder”) + -(a)ç → kayaç (“rock(any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals)”)
- tümle- (“to complete, to complement”) + -(e)ç → tümleç (“object in a sentence”)
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