-ейін

Kazakh

	preceding vowel
	А / Ы / О / Ұ	Ә / Е / І / Ө / Ү
postconsonantal	-йын (-iyn)	-йін (-iın)
postvocalic	-айын (-aiyn)	-ейін (-eiın)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *-eyin. Cognate with Kyrgyz -ейин (-yeyin), Tatar -әйм (-äym), Turkish -eyim.

Suffix

-ейін • (-eiın)

1. may I, let me (Used to form first-person singular optative.)

   ‎жазу (jazu, “write”) + ‎-ейін (-eiın) → ‎жазайын (jazaiyn, “let me write”)

Related terms

• -ейік (-eiık, “suffix forming first-person plural 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”)
• -сін (-sın, “suffix forming third-person imperative”)