-üş

See also: Appendix:Variations of "us"

Azerbaijani

Etymology 1

Cognate with Uyghur -ۈش (-üsh).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /yʃ/

Suffix

-üş

  1. Postconsonantal suffix appended to verbal stems in harmony with stems' lastest vowels ö or ü to form nouns.[1]
    gülmək (to laugh) + -üşgülüş (laughter)
    görmək (to see) + -üşgörüş (meeting, encounter)
    söymək (to curse, to scold) + -üşsöyüş (curse, foul language)
Declension

Etymology 2

Likely related to the "Turkic" "reciprocal/cooperative" suffix "-š-" which was compared as early as 1912 with "reciprocal/cooperative" Mongolian suffix "-ča-/-če-" by Ramstedt.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /yʃ/

Suffix

-üş

  1. Postconsonantal suffix appended to verbal stems in harmony with stems' lastest vowels ö or ü to form verbal stems with a meaning of reciprocal action, force or contact.[3]
    döymək (to beat) + -üşdöyüşmək (to fight, combat)

References

  1. Širalijev, Mamedaga; Sevortjan, Ervand (1971), -üş”, in Grammatika azerbajdžanskovo jazyka. Fonetika, morfologija i sintaksis. [Grammar of Azerbaijani language. Phonetics, morphology, syntax.], Baku: Elm, page 54.
  2. “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the title of the work), accessed 2 December 2018, archived from the original on 11 December 2015
  3. Širalijev, Mamedaga; Sevortjan, Ervand (1971), -üş”, in Grammatika azerbajdžanskovo jazyka. Fonetika, morfologija i sintaksis. [Grammar of Azerbaijani language. Phonetics, morphology, syntax.], Baku: Elm, page 96.
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