-й

See also: -и and й

Kazakh

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-u.

Suffix

	preceding vowel
	А / Ы / О / Ұ	Ә / Е / І / Ө / Ү
postconsonantal	-й (-i)	-й (-i)
postvocalic	-а (-a)	-е (-e)

-й • (-i)

1. Forms an imperfective converb

See also

• -п (-p, perfective converb suffix)

Etymology 2

Either from Etymology 1 or from Proto-Turkic *-gey.

Suffix

-й • (-i)

1. Forms a non-past tense.

   Мен қазақша білемін.

   Men qazaqşa bılemın.

   I know Kazakh.

   Ертең не істейміз?

   Erteñ ne ısteimız?

   What will we do tomorrow?

Kyrgyz

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j/

Suffix

-й • (-y)

1. Agglutinated after a verb stem which ends in a vowel, forming an imperfective converb
2. Agglutinated after the negative form of a verb stem, forming a negative imperfective or associative converb

   иште-→ иштей. ― işte-→ iştey. ― Not to work.

   жаз-→ жазбайт. ― jaz-→ jazbayt. ― Not to write.

Usage notes

For stems ending in consonants, variants -е (-ye), -ө (-ö), -а (-a), and -о (-o) are used, complying with vowel harmony.

See also

• -п (-p, associative converb suffix)

Southern Altai

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j/

Suffix

-й • (-y)

1. Agglutinated after a verb stem which ends in a vowel, forming an imperfective converb
2. Agglutinated after the negative form of a verb stem, forming a negative imperfective or associative converb

Usage notes

For stems ending in consonants, variants -е (-ye), -ӧ (-ö), -а (-a), and -о (-o) are used, complying with vowel harmony.

See also

• -п (-p, associative converb suffix)

Tuvan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j/

Suffix

-й • (-y)

1. Agglutinated after an affirmative verb stem which ends in a vowel, forming an affirmative imperfective converb
   1. Used to form the ability of a verb, with auxiliary ал- (al-, literally “to take”)

      Уруг удавас номчуй алыр. ― Urug udavas nomçuy alır. ― The child will be able to read soon.

   2. Used to form a perfective verb, with auxiliary бер- (ber-, literally “to give”)

See also

• -п (-p, associative converb suffix)

Yakut

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j/

Suffix

-й • (-y)

1. Epithesis after a verb stem which originally ended in a lengthened high vowel (ии, үү, ыы, уу) or a short vowel (э, и, ө, ү, а, ы, о, у; only in a loan), due to Sakha conjugation do not allow stem in such endings

Derived terms

Category Yakut terms suffixed with -й not found