Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/biŕ
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This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Turkic
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bẹ-/*bi- + *-ŕ.
Pronoun
*biŕ
Inflection
Declension of *biŕ (pronominal-n declension)
| Singular | |
|---|---|
| Nominative | *biŕ |
| Accusative | *biŕni |
| Genitive | *biŕniŋ |
| Dative | *biŕiŋe |
| Locative | *biŕinte |
| Ablative | *biŕinten |
| Allative 1) | *biŕiŋerü |
| Instrumental 1) | *biŕnin |
| Equative 1) | *biŕinče |
| Similative 1) | *biŕinleyü |
| Comitative 1) | *biŕinligü |
1) The original allative, instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
Postposition
*biŕ
- Denotes "to be" for first person plural when at the end of an object; are
- Denotes first person plural after various tenses
Related terms
- *siŕ (“you (plural)”)
Descendants
- Arghu:
- Khalaj: biz
- Oghuz:
- Karluk:
- Kipchak:
- Siberian:
Further reading
- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bĭ̀”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill