𐰃𐰞𐰃𐰤

Old Turkic

Etymology

From 𐰃𐰞 (il-, “to catch”) +‎ 𐰃𐰤 (-in), intransitive-reflexive form of Proto-Turkic *īl- (“to catch”). Cognate with Turkish ilmek

Verb

𐰃𐰞𐰃𐰤 (ilin-)

1. (intransitive) to be caught on something
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 61

     𐱃𐰆𐰖𐰢𐰀𐱃𐰃𐰣:𐱃𐰆𐰔𐰴𐰀:𐰃𐰞𐰃𐰤𐰢𐰃𐰾

     tuymatïn:tuzaqqa:ilinmiš

     (But) by not noticing it, was caught in a snare

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “ilin-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 55
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ilin-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 148