𐰢𐰔

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-imiŕ. Cognate with Turkish -imiz

Suffix

𐰢𐰔 (-imiz, -ïmïz, -ümüz, -umuz, -miz, -mïz, -müz, -muz)

1. first person plural possessive suffix

   ‎𐰆𐰍𐰞 (oɣul, “child”) + ‎𐰢𐰔 (mz) → ‎𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰢𐰕 (oɣlumuz, “our child”)

2. first person plural suffix for certain verb tenses

   ‎𐰇𐰠 (öl-, “to die”) + ‎𐰢𐰔 (mz) → ‎𐰇𐰠𐱅𐰢𐰕 (öltümüz, “we died”)

Related terms

• 𐰢 (-im, “1. first person singular possessive suffix 2. first person singular suffix for verbs”)
• 𐰭 (-iŋ, “1. second person singular possessive suffix 2. second person singular suffix for verbs”)
• 𐰭𐰕 (-iŋiz, “1. second person plural possessive suffix 2. second person plural suffix for verbs”)
• 𐰾𐰃 (-si, “third person possessive suffix”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 189