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-dek

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Uzbek

More information Arabic (Yangi Imlo), Cyrillic ...

Alternative forms

  • -day, -dog‘, -doq, -dayin, -dak, -daka, -daqa, -aqa, -daqangi, -aqangi

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai ـدیک (-dyk /⁠-dek⁠/), ـداک (-dāk /⁠-däk⁠/), from earlier ـتیک (-tyk /⁠-tek⁠/), from Proto-Turkic *teg. The variants -daka, -daqa, -aqa have the dative suffix -qa appended, while -daqangi and aqangi additionally have the adjective-forming suffix -gi.

Suffix

-dek

  1. suffix forming adjectives or adverbs from nouns, pronouns, proper nouns and adjectives
    ‎qand (“rock sugar”, noun) + ‎-dek → ‎qanddek (“sweet (as sugar); fine (as sugar); in one lump sum”)
    ‎bu (“this”, pronoun) + ‎-day → ‎bunday (“like this, such, so; as follows”)
    ‎burungi (“previous”, adjective) + ‎-dek → ‎burungidek (“as previously”)

Usage notes

  • The variants -aqa, -aqangi, -dog‘ and -doq can only be appended to demonstrative pronouns.

Derived terms

Category Uzbek terms suffixed with -dek not found

References

  • Selahittin Tolku (2024), “Eski Türkçe Teg “Gibi” Benzetne Edatının Özbek Türkçesindeki Durumu [The Condition of the Preposition Teg "Like" in Old Turkic in Uzbek Turkish]”, in TÜRÜK Uluslararası Dil, Edebiyat ve Halkbilimi Araştırmaları Dergisi [TURUK International Language, Literature and Folklore Researches Journal]‎, volume 12, number 39 (in Turkish), →ISSN, pages 26–44
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