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Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـمز (-mez, -maz), from Proto-Turkic *-meŕ.
Pronunciation
Suffix
| preceding vowel
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| A / I / O / U
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E / İ / Ö / Ü
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| -maz
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-mez
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-mez
- Negative aorist suffix.
- Makes negative aorist participles.
- inanıl- (“to be believed”) + -maz → inanılmaz (“unbelievable”)
Usage notes
- The suffix takes the form -me before the first-person suffixes -im (which in this case takes the form -m) and -iz.
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