𐰓𐰀𐰲𐰃

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-deči. Cognate with Turkmen -mekçi.

Suffix

𐰓𐰀𐰲𐰃 (-deči)

1. Forms the future tense of verbs

   ‎𐰆𐰲 (uč-, “1. to fly 2. to pass away”) + ‎𐰓𐰀𐰲𐰃 (d²ači) → ‎𐰆𐰲𐰑𐰀𐰲𐰃 (učdačï, “he/she/it will fly/pass away”)

Usage notes

1. The consonant mutates from 𐰓 (d) to 𐱅 (t) after being appended to a verb that ends with the consonants l, r and n.

   ‎𐰇𐰠 (öl-, “to die”) + ‎𐰓𐰀𐰲𐰃 (d²ači) → ‎𐰇𐰡𐰀𐰲𐰃 (ölteči, “he/she/it will die”)

2. For the negative form 𐰢𐰲𐰃 (-meči) is used instead.

   ‎𐰖𐰺𐰀 (yara-, “to be useful”) + ‎𐰢𐰲𐰃 (mči) → ‎𐰖𐰺𐰢𐰲𐰃 (yaramačï, “he/she/it won't be useful”)

3. 𐰼𐱅𐰃 (erti) Can be appended in order to create incomplete future tense.

   ‎𐰉𐰆𐰡𐰀𐰲𐰃 (boltačï, “it is going to happen”) + ‎𐰼𐱅𐰃 (r²t²i) → ‎𐰉𐰆𐰡𐰀𐰲𐰃:𐰼𐱅𐰃 (boltačï:erti, “it was going to happen (but it didn't)”)

Alternative forms

• 𐰑𐰀𐰲𐰃 (-dačï)
• 𐱅𐰀𐰲𐰃 (-teči)
• 𐱃𐰀𐰲𐰃 (-tačï)
• 𐰡𐰀𐰲𐰃 (-lteči, -ltačï)
• 𐰦𐰀𐰲𐰃 (-nteči, -ntačï)

Related terms

• 𐰼 (-r, “aorist tense”)
• 𐰓𐰃 (-di, “experienced past tense”)
• 𐰢𐱁 (-miš, “heard past tense”)
• 𐰾𐰚 (-sik, “necessitive-future tense”)
• 𐰏𐰘 (-gey, “optative-future tense”)
• 𐰢𐰔 (-mez, “negative aorist tense”)
• 𐰢𐰲𐰃 (-meči, “negative future tense”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “-dačï/däči”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 192