dinç

See also: Dinç

Turkish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [dintʃ]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *dïŋ [1].

Adjective

dinç (comparative daha dinç, superlative en dinç)

  1. energetic and vigorous, robust and active

Etymology 2

From Proto-Turkic *dï̄n (“spirit; breath; rest; quiet”) [2]. Cognate with Azerbaijani dinc (“quite, peaceful”), Bashkir тыныс (tïnïs), see there for more cognates.

Adjective

dinç (comparative daha dinç, superlative en dinç)

  1. untroubled, unconcerned, insouciant

Declension
predicative forms of dinç
simple present singular plural
ben (I am) dincim dinçlerim*
sen (you are) dinçsin dinçlersin*
o (he/she/it is) dinç / dinçtir dinçler* / dinçlerdir*
biz (we are) dinciz dinçleriz
siz (you are) dinçsiniz dinçlersiniz
onlar (they are) dinçler dinçlerdir
simple past singular plural
ben (I was) dinçtim dinçlerdim*
sen (you were) dinçtin dinçlerdin*
o (he/she/it was) dinçti dinçlerdi*
biz (we were) dinçtik dinçlerdik
siz (you were) dinçtiniz dinçlerdiniz
onlar (they were) dinçtiler dinçlerdi
indirect / unwitnessed past singular plural
ben (I was) dinçmişim dinçlermişim*
sen (you were) dinçmişsin dinçlermişsin*
o (he/she/it was) dinçmiş dinçlermiş*
biz (we were) dinçmişiz dinçlermişiz
siz (you were) dinçmişsiniz dinçlermişsiniz
onlar (they were) dinçmişler dinçlermiş
*Not used, but perhaps rarely - chiefly grammatical formations.

Note: Plural forms are not used with adjectives.

Derived terms

References
  1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*dïŋ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*dï̄n”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
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