𐽻𐽳𐽱

Old Uyghur

Alternative forms

• 𐽻𐽳𐽳 (sww /⁠suu⁠/), 𐽻𐽰𐽶 (sʾy /⁠say⁠/)
• 𐰽𐰆𐰉 (s¹ub¹ /⁠suv⁠/)
• 𐫘𐫇𐫁 (swβ /⁠suv⁠/)
• سوب (swb /⁠suv⁠/), سوڤ (swḟ /⁠suv⁠/)
• 𑀲𑀼‌𑀉 (sᵘw /⁠suw⁠/)
• ꡛꡟꡤ (suf /⁠suv⁠/)
• ܣܘܒ (swb /⁠suv⁠/)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sub ~ *sūb (“water”). Cognates include Old Turkic 𐰽𐰆𐰉 (s¹ub¹ /⁠sub⁠/), Bulgar شِو (šïv), Karakhanid سُوڤْ (suv), Khalaj سوُو (suv), Kazakh су (su), Yakut уу (uu) and Turkish su.

Noun

𐽻𐽳𐽱 (swβ /suv/)

1. water; (by extension) any inviscid liquid
   • (Can we date this quote?), A Sanskrit-Turkic pharmaceutical text in Brahmi script‎^[1], Original lost. TT8.M.24 - TT.8.M.27 / T.II.Y.3.24 - T.II.Y.3.27:

     𑀳𑁆𑀓𑀸‌𑀰𑁄‌𑀕𑀸‌𑀰𑁄‌𑀕𑁆‌𑀇‌𑀲𑀺‌𑀓𑁆‌𑀲𑀼‌𑀉‌ […]
     𑀳𑁆𑀕𑀸‌𑀰𑁆‌𑀉𑀬𑀼‌𑀭𑀺‌𑁇 𑀧𑁄‌𑀑‌𑀥𑁆‌𑀮𑀸‌𑀭𑁆‌𑁇 […]
     𑀆‌𑀕𑁆𑀭𑀺‌𑀕𑁆‌𑀢𑀺𑀫𑁆‌𑀩𑀰𑀺‌𑀬𑁄‌𑀢𑁆𑀬𑀼‌𑀮‌𑀧𑀸‌𑀭𑁆𑀘𑀸‌𑀳𑁆𑀓 […] 𑀧𑀺‌
     𑀭𑁆𑀮𑁆𑀬𑀸‌𑀇‌𑀘𑁆‌𑀲𑁆𑀬𑀸‌𑀭𑁆‌𑀲𑀺‌𑀰𑁆‌𑀳𑁆𑀓𑀸‌𑀬𑁆𑀫𑁆𑀬𑀺‌𑀬𑀸‌𑀭𑀸‌𑀱𑀼‌𑀭𑁆𑁇 […]

     hkā śo qā śo g i si k su w […]
     hqā z uyu ri […] po o dh lā ṟ […]
     ā gri g tiṃ ba śi yo tyu ḻ pā rcā hkā […] pi
     rlyā i c syā ṟ si ś hkā ymyi yā rā ṣu ṟ […]

     /Hkāśoḳ-āśoġ isik suw […]
     hḳāz üri. Po oḏlār. […]
     Āgrïgtiṃ baśi yötül pārcāhkā […] pi-
     rle ic sēr siś hkā yemé yārāṣur./

     A spoonful^? of warm water […] Mustard seeds, these drugs [will] […] first of all, from the disease […] when used with […] , it is also good against tumors.

2. river, body of water

   Synonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐽾𐽲𐽳 (ʾʾrqw /⁠arku⁠/), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽰𐽺 (ʾwykʾn /⁠ögen⁠/), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽴𐽳𐽷 (ʾwyzwk /⁠özök⁠/), 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽳𐽴 (ʾwykwz /⁠ügüz⁠/), 𐽶𐽳𐾁 (ywl /⁠yul⁠/)

   𐽲𐽰𐾁𐽺𐽷𐽳𐾁𐽰𐽷𐾁𐽶 𐽶𐽳𐽷𐽳𐽾𐾁𐽳𐽷𐾁𐽳 𐽻𐽳𐽱

   qʾlnkwlʾkly ywkwrlwklw swβ

   /Kalŋulaklï yügürlüglü suv./

   River that ebbs and flows.

3. (anatomy) bodily fluid

   Synonyms: 𐽰𐽰𐽷𐽶𐽲 (ʾʾkyq /⁠akïg⁠/), 𐾀𐽰𐾀𐽶𐽲 (tʾtyq /⁠tatïg⁠/)

4. (rare) ink

   Synonym: 𐽹𐽷𐽰 (mkʾ /⁠meke⁠/)

5. (rare) paste

   Synonym: 𐽰𐽶𐽷𐽶𐽷 (ʾykyk /⁠ékig⁠/)

Declension

Declension of 𐽻𐽳𐽱

	singular	definite plural
nominative	𐽻𐽳𐽱 (swβ)	𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾 (swβlʾr)
genitive	𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽺𐽳𐽺𐽷 (swβnwnk)	𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶𐽺𐽷 (swβlʾrnynk)
dative	𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽷𐽰 (swβkʾ)	𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽷𐽰 (swβlʾrkʾ)
accusative	𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽳𐽲 (swβwq) 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽺𐽶 (swβny)	𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽲 (swβlʾryq) 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽺𐽶 (swβlʾrny)
locative	𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾀𐽰 (swβtʾ)	𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽰 (swβlʾrtʾ)
ablative	𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾀𐽶𐽺 (swβtyn)	𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾𐾀𐽶𐽺 (swβlʾrtyn)
instrumental	𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽳𐽺 (swβwn)	𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽾𐽶𐽺 (swβlʾryn)
equative	𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽽𐽰 (swβcʾ)
directive	𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽷𐽰𐽾𐽳 (swβkʾrw)
similative	𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾁𐽰𐽶𐽳 (swβlʾyw)

Compound terms

• 𐽻𐽳𐽱 𐽰𐽳𐽶𐽷𐽳𐽴𐽶 (swβ ʾwykwzy /⁠suv öküzi⁠/, “water buffalo”)
• 𐽻𐽳𐽱 𐽰𐽶𐽽𐽹𐽰𐽷 (swβ ʾycmʾk /⁠suv ičmek⁠/, “to drink water”)
• 𐽻𐽳𐽱 𐽰𐽾𐽷𐽰𐽽𐾁𐽰𐽺𐽹𐽰𐽷 (swβ ʾrkʾclʾnmʾk /⁠suv erkečlenmek⁠/, “high waves of the ocean”)
• 𐽻𐽳𐽱 𐽶𐽳𐾁𐾀𐽳𐽴 (swβ ywltwz /⁠suv yultuz⁠/, “Mercury (calque of Chinese 水星 (Shuǐxīng))”)
• 𐽻𐽳𐽱 𐽶𐽶𐽶𐾁 (swβ yyyl /⁠suv yiél⁠/, “water breeze”)
• 𐽻𐽳𐽱 𐽷𐽰𐾁𐽷𐽶𐽺𐽶 (swβ kʾlkyny /⁠suv kelgini⁠/, “inundation”)
• 𐽻𐽳𐽱 𐽹𐽲𐽰𐽼𐽳𐾀 (swβ mqʾpwt /⁠suv mahabut⁠/, “water element”)
• 𐽻𐽳𐽱 𐾀𐽰𐽹𐽶𐽴𐽶 (swβ tʾmyzy /⁠suv tamïzï⁠/, “waterdrop”)
• 𐽻𐽳𐽱 𐾀𐽺𐽷𐽾𐽶 (swβ tnkry /⁠suv teŋri⁠/, “the water god”)
• 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽳𐽲 𐽻𐽳𐽶𐽴𐾀𐽳𐽾𐽹𐽰𐽷 (swβwq swyztwrmʾk /⁠suvug süztürmek⁠/, “to filter [muddy] waters”)

Derived terms

• 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽰𐽲 (swβʾq /⁠suvak⁠/, “irrigation canal, aqueduct”)
• 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽰𐽹𐽰𐽷 (swβʾmʾk /⁠suvamak⁠/, “to water, to sprinkle water, to paint, to cover with plaster or stucco”)
• 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽰𐽽𐽳 (swβʾcw /⁠suvaču⁠/, “bladder”)
• 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽰𐽽𐽶 (swβʾcy /⁠suvačï⁠/, “house-painter, plasterer”)
• 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽳𐽲 (swβwq /⁠suvuk⁠/, “liquid; inviscid and flowing (of liquids)”)
• 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽶𐽹𐽰𐽷 (swβymʾk /⁠suvïmak⁠/, “to wash (someone)”)
• 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽻𐽰𐽹𐽰𐽷 (swβsʾmʾk /⁠suvsamak⁠/, “to get thirsty”)
• 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽻𐽰𐾁𐽶𐽲 (swβsʾlyq /⁠suvsalïg⁠/, “desire for booze, desire to get inebriated”)
• 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽻𐽳𐽺 (swβswn /⁠suvsun⁠/, “juice, fruit juice, fruit”)
• 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽻𐽳𐽿 (swβswš /⁠suvsuš⁠/, “booze, alcoholic drink; syrup, drink”)
• 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐽽𐽶 (swβcy /⁠suvčï⁠/, “person responsible for maintaining irrigation canals or aqueducts”)
• 𐽻𐽳𐽱𐾁𐽳𐽲 (swβlwq /⁠suvlug⁠/, “water cup; small lake”)

Descendants

• Western Yugur: su (su, “water”)

References

• Caferoğlu, Ahmet (1968) “suv”, in Eski Uygur Türkçesi Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 260) (in Turkish), Istanbul: Edebiyat Fakültesi Basımevi, page 212
• Nadeljajev, V. M.; Nasilov, D. M.; Tenišev, E. R.; Ščerbak, A. M., editors (1969), “SUV, > suv yultuz”, in Drevnetjurkskij slovarʹ [Dictionary of Old Turkic] (in Russian), Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, Nauka, page 515
• Wilkens, Jens (2021) “(1, 4) suv”, in Handworterbuch des Altuigurischen, Göttingen: Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, pages 633-634

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