Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/-l

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

preceding vowel
A / Ï	E / I	O / U	Ö / Ü
*-ïl	*-il	*-ul	*-ül

Suffix

*-l

1. Passive suffix. Also forms intransitive of verbs.

   ‎*yabra- (“an unknown verb”) + ‎*-l → ‎*yabral- (“to make a mistake”)

   ‎*adïr- (“to divide, separate”) + ‎*-l → ‎*adrïl- (“to leave”)

   ‎*tēr- (“to gather”) + ‎*-l → ‎*tēril- (“to be gathered”)

   ‎*tīri- (“an unknown verb”) + ‎*-l → ‎*tīril- (“to revive”)

   ‎*yub- (“an unknown verb”) + ‎*-l → ‎*yubul- (“to roll”)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (2002) “The Suffixes in Pre-Eighth Century Turkish”, in Studies in Turkic and Mongolic Linguistics, 2nd edition, London: RoutledgeCurzon, →ISBN, page 97
• Tekin, Talât (2000) Orhon Türkçesi Grameri [a Grammer of Orkhon Turkic (Turkish version)]‎^[1] (in Turkish), Ankara, →ISBN, page 94

Derived terms

Proto-Turkic terms suffixed with *-l