-ден

Kazakh

Alternative forms

• -дан (-dan), -тан (-tan), -тен (-ten), -нан (-nan), -нен (-nen)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *-den. Cognate with Kyrgyz -ден (-den), Turkish -den.

Suffix

-ден • (-den)

1. from (Denotes ablative case)

   ‎көл (köl, “a lake”) + ‎-ден (-den) → ‎көлден (kölden, “from a lake”)

Usage notes

The suffix becomes -нан/-нен when the third person possessive suffix is added.

• аяғы + -нан = аяғынан (from his/her leg)

See also

• -сі (-sı, “third-person possessive suffix”)
• -ні (-nı, “accusative case”)
• -нің (-nıñ, “genitive case”)
• -де (-de, “locative case”)
• -ге (-ge, “dative case”)
• -мен (-men, “instrumental case”)