-ейік

Kazakh

	preceding vowel
	А / Ы / О / Ұ	Ә / Е / І / Ө / Ү
postconsonantal	-йық (-iyq)	-йік (-iık)
postvocalic	-айық (-aiyq)	-ейік (-eiık)

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Turkic *-elim. Suffix -елік (-elık) is a synonymous intermediate form, which is not used frequently in spoken Kazakh. Change of -m to -k might be because of the influence of the first-person plural past tense suffix -к (-k). Cognate with Nogai -ейик (-yeyik), Kumyk -ейик (-yeyik), Tatar -әйк (-äyk).

Suffix

-ейік • (-eiık)

1. may we, let's (Used to form first-person plural optative.)

   ‎жазу (jazu, “write”) + ‎-ейік (-eiık) → ‎жазайық (jazaiyq, “let's write”)

Related terms

• -ейін (-eiın, “suffix forming first-person singular imperative”)
• -сін (-sın, “suffix forming third-person singular imperative”)
• -ңдер (-ñder, “suffix forming second-person plural imperative”)
• -іңіз (-ıñız, “suffix forming second-person polite singular imperative”)
• -іңіздер (-ıñızder, “suffix forming second-person polite plural imperative”)