-ev

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ev"

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-evъ.

Suffix

-ev (Cyrillic spelling -ев)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a possessive form of masculine nouns.

Turkish

Etymology

Based on the Kipchak reflexes of Proto-Turkic *-g during the language reform. Compare Nogai -уьв (-üv), Karakalpak -iw, Bashkir -ыу (-ıw). Doublet of -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈev/

Suffix

preceding vowel
a / ı / o / u	e / i / ö / ü
-av	-ev

-ev

1. Derives nouns from verbs

   ‎işle- (“to handle”) + ‎-ev → ‎işlev (“function”)

   ‎sına- (“to try, to test”) + ‎-av → ‎sınav (“test, exam”)

Derived terms

Turkish terms suffixed with -ev

görev

işlev

ödev

saylav

sınav

söylev

türev

Further reading

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