𐰘𐰤

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-eyin.

Suffix

𐰘𐰤 (-eyin, -yin)

1. Suffix forming first person singular imperative

   ‎𐱅𐰇𐱁 (tüš-, “1. to fall, to go down 2. to perish”) + ‎𐰘𐰤 (y²n²) → ‎𐱅𐰇𐱁𐰘𐰤 (tüšeyin, “I must go down!”)

Alternative forms

• 𐰖𐰣 (-ayïn, -yïn)

Related terms

• 𐰏𐰠 (-gil, “second person singular imperative suffix”)
• 𐰠𐰢 (-elim, “first person plural imperative suffix”)
• 𐰭 (-iŋ, “second person plural imperative suffix”)
• 𐰕𐰈𐰤 (-zün, “third person imperative suffix”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 187