-лык

Eastern Mari

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lək/
• Hyphenation: лык

Suffix

-лык • (-lyk)

1. forms abstract adjectives from nouns

   ‎балет (baĺet, “ballet”) + ‎-лык (-lyk) → ‎балетлык (baĺetlyk, “related to ballet”)

Derived terms

Eastern Mari terms suffixed with -лык

Kyrgyz

Alternative forms

• -лик (-lik) — after vowel endings е, и, э
• -лук (-luk) — after vowel endings о, у
• -лүк (-lük) — after vowel endings ө, ү
• -дик (-dik) — after voiced consonants with final vowels е, и, э
• -дук (-duk) — after voiced consonants with final vowels о, у
• -дүк (-dük) — after voiced consonants with final vowels ө, ү
• -дык (-dık) — after voiced consonants with final vowels а, ы
• -тик (-tik) — after unvoiced consonants with final vowels е, и, э
• -тук (-tuk) — after unvoiced consonants with final vowels о, у
• -түк (-tük) — after unvoiced consonants with final vowels ө, ү
• -тык (-tık) — after unvoiced consonants with final vowels а, ы

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish -lık, Azerbaijani -lik.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɫɯq] (-лык)
• IPA^(key): [lic] (-лик)
• IPA^(key): [ɫuq] (-лук)
• IPA^(key): [lyc] (-лүк)
• IPA^(key): [dɯq] (-дык)
• IPA^(key): [dic] (-дик)
• IPA^(key): [duq] (-дук)
• IPA^(key): [dyc] (-дүк)
• IPA^(key): [tɯq] (-тык)
• IPA^(key): [tic] (-тик)
• IPA^(key): [tuq] (-тук)
• IPA^(key): [tyc] (-түк)

Suffix

-лык • (-lık)

1. -hood, -ship, -dom

   ‎ажы (ajı, “hajji”) + ‎-лык (-lık) → ‎ажылык (ajılık, “hajj”)

   ‎азат (azat, “free, independent”) + ‎-лык (-lık) → ‎азаттык (azattık, “freedom, liberty”)

   ‎теңирчи (teŋirci, “Tengrist”) + ‎-лык (-lık) → ‎теңирчилик (teŋircilik, “Tengrism”)

2. -ness

   ‎чалагайым (calagayım, “careless, haphazard”) + ‎-лык (-lık) → ‎чалагайымдык (calagayımdık, “carelessness”)

   ‎күч-кубаттуу (küc-kubattuu, “strong”) + ‎-лык (-lık) → ‎күч-кубаттуулук (küc-kubattuuluk, “strength”)

3. of, from;

   ‎Бишкек (Bişkek, “Bishkek”) + ‎-лык (-lık) → ‎Бишкектик (Bişkektik, “[a person] from Bishkek”)

   ‎Ош (Oş, “Osh”) + ‎-лык (-lık) → ‎Оштук (Oştuk, “[a person] from Osh”)

Usage notes

• Depending on the last vowel and consonant, it can become -лик, -лук, -лүк, -дык, -дик, -дук, -дүк, -тык, -тик, -тук, -түк.

Derived terms

Kyrgyz nouns suffixed with -лык