-ıt

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Turkish

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preceding vowel
A / I E / İ O / U Ö / Ü
postconsonantal -ıt -it -ut -üt
postvocalic -t

Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish ـید (-ıd, -id, -ıt, -it) (alternatively ـوت (-ut) or ـت (-t)), from Proto-Turkic *-t.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɯt/, /it/, /ut/, /yt/

Suffix

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-ıt

  1. Derives nouns from verbs.
    geç- (to pass) + ‎-it → ‎geçit (passage)
    an- (to remember) + ‎-ıt → ‎anıt (monument)
    yak- (to burn) + ‎-ıt → ‎yakıt (fuel)
    dön- (to return, to turn) + ‎-üt → ‎dönüt (feedback)
  2. Derives nouns or adjectives from noun-base words.
    yaş (age) + ‎-ıt → ‎yaşıt (peer, literally same-age)
    (pair, match) + ‎-it → ‎eşit (equal, matching)
    boy (length) + ‎-ut → ‎boyut (dimension)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), "+Ut" - in Nişanyan Sözlük