𐰋𐰃𐰕

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *biŕ (“we”). Cognate with Chuvash эпир (ep̬ir), Khalaj biz, Turkish biz, Turkish -iz, Uzbek biz, Bashkir беҙ (beź), Yakut биһиги (bihigi).

Pronoun

𐰋𐰃𐰕 (biz)

1. the first person plural pronoun

Suffix

𐰋𐰃𐰕 (biz)

1. Denotes first person plural after certain verb tenses.

   𐰴𐰡𐰲𐰃:𐰋𐰔 ― qaltačï:biz ― We are going to stay.

2. Denotes "to be" for first person plural

   𐰕:𐰋𐰃𐰕 ― az:biz ― We are few.

Declension

Declension of 𐰋𐰃𐰕

	singular
nominative	𐰋𐰃𐰕 (biz)
accusative	𐰋𐰔𐰤𐰃 (bizni)
genitive	𐰋𐰃𐰔𐰭 (biziŋ)
dative-locative	𐰋𐰃𐰔𐰭𐰀 (biziŋe)
locative-ablative	𐰋𐰃𐰔𐰤𐱅𐰀 (bizinte)
ablative	-
allative	-
equative	-
instrumental	-

See also

Old Turkic personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		𐰋𐰤 (ben), 𐰢𐰤 (men)	𐰋𐰃𐰕 (biz)
2nd person		𐰾𐰤 (sen)	𐰾𐰃𐰕 (siz)
3rd person		𐰆𐰞 (ol)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “biz”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 316
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “biz”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 388
• Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bẹ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎^[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill