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Azerbaijani
Etymology 1 Cognate with Uyghur -ىش ( -ish ) .
Pronunciation
Suffix -iş
Suffix creating nouns from verbs. [ 1] axtarmaq ( “ to search ” ) + -ış → axtarış ( “ search ” ) satmaq ( “ to sell ” ) + -ış → satış ( “ sale ” ) oyanmaq ( “ to awake ” ) + -ış → oyanış ( “ awakening ” ) girmək ( “ to enter ” ) + -iş → giriş ( “ entrance ” ) getmək ( “ to walk, to travel ” ) + -iş → gediş ( “ journey ” ) uçmaq ( “ to fly ” ) + -uş → uçuş ( “ flight ” ) udmaq ( “ to win ” ) + -uş → uduş ( “ win, gain ” ) gülmək ( “ to laugh ” ) + -üş → gülüş ( “ laughter ” ) görmək ( “ to see ” ) + -üş → görüş ( “ meeting, encounter ” ) söymək ( “ to curse, to scold ” ) + -üş → söyüş ( “ curse, foul language ” ) yaşamaq ( “ to live ” ) + -yış → yaşayış anlamaq ( “ to understand ” ) + -yış → anlayış
Usage notes A notable irregularity is yürümək -ş :
yürümək ( “ to go ” ) + -ş → yürüş ( “ march ” )
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Suffix
preceding vowel
A / I
E / Ə / İ
O / U
Ö / Ü
postconsonantal
-ış
-iş
-uş
-üş
postvocalic
-ş
-iş
Reciprocative suffix. [ 2] baxmaq -iş → baxışmaq bitmək -iş → bitişmək çəkmək -iş → çəkişmək vurmaq ( “ to hit, punch ” ) + -iş → vuruşmaq ( “ to battle, fight ” ) döymək ( “ to beat ” ) + -iş → döyüşmək ( “ to fight, combat ” ) yürümək -ş → yürüşmək tanımaq -ş → tanışmaq
Usage notes Verbs with monosyllabic vowel-ending stems generally take a y before the suffixes -il -in -iş
demək ( “ to say ” ) + -iş → deyişmək ( “ to argue ” )
Derived terms
References
^ Şirəliyev, Məmmədağa , Sevortyan, Ervand (1971 ) “-iş ”, in Grammatika azerbajdžanskovo jazyka. Fonetika, morfologija i sintaksis. [Grammar of Azerbaijani language. Phonetics, morphology, syntax. 54 ^ Şirəliyev, Məmmədağa , Sevortyan, Ervand (1971 ) “-iş ”, in Grammatika azerbajdžanskovo jazyka. Fonetika, morfologija i sintaksis. [Grammar of Azerbaijani language. Phonetics, morphology, syntax. 96
Crimean Tatar
Etymology From Proto-Turkic *-iĺč
Suffix -iş
Derived reciprocal forms of verbs. tapmaq ( “ to find ” ) + -ış → tapışmaq ( “ to find each other ” )
Turkish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1 Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـش ( -iş ) , from Old Anatolian Turkish ـش ( iş ) , from Proto-Turkic *-iĺ
Suffix -iş (noun-forming suffixes )
Derives nouns from verbs. bakmak ( “ to look ” ) + -ış → bakış ( “ look ” ) inmek ( “ to land ” ) + -iş → iniş ( “ landing ” ) görmek ( “ to see ” ) + -üş → görüş ( “ sight ” )
Derived terms
Etymology 2 Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـش ( -iş ) , from Old Anatolian Turkish ـش ( -iş ) , from Proto-Turkic *-iĺč
Suffix
preceding vowel
A / I
E / İ
O / U
Ö / Ü
postconsonantal
-ış -iş -uş -üş
postvocalic
-ş
-iş
Derived reciprocal forms of verbs. bakmak ( “ to look ” ) + -ış → bakışmak ( “ to look at each other ” ) sevmek ( “ to like, love ” ) + -iş → sevişmek ( “ to make love ” )
Derived terms
Etymology 3 (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Suffix -iş
A suffix forming terms of endearment. kedi ( “ cat ” ) + -ş → kediş ( “ kitty ” )
Usage notes Stritcly speaking, -iş doesn't adhere to a vowel harmony rule and the variant that will give the euphonious result is chosen almost arbitrarily. Tatlış tatliş tatlı
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