𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽
Old Uyghur
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kǖč.[1]
Noun
[edit]𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽 (kwyc /küč/)
- power, strength
- c. 11th century, Story of Prince Kalyāṇaṃkara and Papamkara, LXXX.5:
- 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐽶 𐾀𐽰𐽼𐽾𐽰𐽶𐽳 𐽶𐽳𐽾𐽶𐽶𐽳 𐽰𐽳𐽹𐽰𐽸𐽶 𐾈
- kwycy tʾprʾyw ywryyw ʾwmʾdy
- /...küči alŋudï, tepreyü yorïyu umadï./
- His strength was waning, he could not move, he could not walk.
Declension
[edit]| singular | definite plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽 (kwyc) | 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐾁𐽰𐽾 (kwyclʾr) |
| genitive | 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐽺𐽳𐽺𐽷 (kwycnwnk) | 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (kwyclʾrnynk) |
| dative | 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐽷𐽰 (kwyckʾ) | 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽷𐽰 (kwyclʾrkʾ) |
| accusative | 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐽳𐽲 (kwycwq) 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐽺𐽶 (kwycny) |
𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (kwyclʾryq) 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (kwyclʾrny) |
| locative | 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐾀𐽰 (kwyctʾ) | 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (kwyclʾrtʾ) |
| ablative | 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐾀𐽶𐽺 (kwyctyn) | 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (kwyclʾrtyn) |
| instrumental | 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐽳𐽺 (kwycwn) | 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (kwyclʾryn) |
| equative | 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐽽𐽰 (kwyccʾ) | |
| directive | 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐽷𐽰𐽾𐽳 (kwyckʾrw) | |
| similative | 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (kwyclʾyw) |
Derived terms
[edit]- 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐽰𐽹𐽰 (kwycʾmʾ /küčemek/, “to oppress”)
- 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐾁𐽰𐽺𐾀𐽳𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽷 (kwyclʾntwrmʾk /küčlentürmek/, “to make stronger”)
References
[edit]- ^ Clauson, Gerard (1972) “kü:ç”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 693
- Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 120
- Hamilton, James (2020) “küç”, in Korkut, Ece, Birkan, İsmet, transl., Budacı İyi Kalpli ve Kötü Kalpli Prens Masalının Uygurcası - Prens Kalyāṇaṃkara ve Pāpaṃkara Hikâyesi (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları, →ISBN, page 169