Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-eyin

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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

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Alternative forms

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Suffix

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*-eyin

  1. (Common Turkic) Suffix forming first-person singular imperative.
    *seb- (to love) + ‎*-eyin → ‎*sebeyin (I must love!)

See the Wikibooks page about imperatives in Proto-Turkic to learn more about it.

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  • *-gil (suffix forming second-person singular imperative)
  • *-zün (suffix forming third-person singular imperative)
  • *-elim (suffix forming first-person plural imperative)
  • *-iŋ (suffix forming second-person plural imperative)

Descendants

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  • Common Turkic:
  • Oghuz:
    • Turkmen: -aýyn, -eýin
  • Siberian:

References

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  • Erdal, Marcel (2004) “-(A)yIn”, in A Grammar of Old Turkic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies; 3), Brill Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 235