-лык

Kyrgyz

Alternative forms
  • -лик (-lik) – after vowel endings е, и, э
  • -лук (-luk) – after vowel endings о, у
  • -лүк (-lük) – after vowel endings ө, ү
  • -дик (-dik) – after voiced consonants with final vowels е, и, э
  • -дук (-duk) – after voiced consonants with final vowels о, у
  • -дүк (-dük) – after voiced consonants with final vowels ө, ү
  • -дык (-dık) – after voiced consonants with final vowels а, ы
  • -тик (-tik) – after unvoiced consonants with final vowels е, и, э
  • -тук (-tuk) – after unvoiced consonants with final vowels о, у
  • -түк (-tük) – after unvoiced consonants with final vowels ө, ү
  • -тык (-tık) – after unvoiced consonants with final vowels а, ы

Etymology

Cognate with Turkish -lık, Azerbaijani -lik.

Suffix

-лык • (-lık)

  1. -hood, -ship, -dom
    ‎ажы (acı, “hajji”) + ‎-лык (-lık) → ‎ажылык (acılık, “hajj”)
    ‎азат (azat, “free, independent”) + ‎-лык (-lık) → ‎азаттык (azattık, “freedom, liberty”)
    ‎теңирчи (teñirçi, “Tengrist”) + ‎-лык (-lık) → ‎теңирчилик (teñirçilik, “Tengrism”)
  2. -ness
    ‎чалагайым (çalagayım, “careless, haphazard”) + ‎-лык (-lık) → ‎чалагайымдык (çalagayımdık, “carelessness”)
    ‎күч-кубаттуу (küç-kubattuu, “strong”) + ‎-лык (-lık) → ‎күч-кубаттуулук (küç-kubattuuluk, “strength”)

Derived terms
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