-mez

See also: -məz

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـمز (-mez, -maz), from Proto-Turkic *-meŕ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mez/

Suffix

preceding vowel
A / I / O / U	E / İ / Ö / Ü
-maz	-mez

-mez

1. Negative aorist suffix.
2. Makes negative aorist participles.

   ‎inanıl- (“to be believed”) + ‎-maz → ‎inanılmaz (“unbelievable”)

Usage notes

• The suffix takes the form -me before the first-person suffixes -im (which in this case takes the form -m) and -iz.
  • ‎git- + ‎-mez + ‎-im → ‎gitmem (“I do/will not go”)
  • ‎git- + ‎-mez + ‎-iz → ‎gitmeyiz (“we do/will not go”)

See also

• -er
• -ebilir

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “+AsI”, in Nişanyan Sözlük