Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ـلق (-lık).
- IPA(key): [ˈɫɤk]
- Always becomes stressed when suffixing a term, e.g.:
-лък • (-lǎk)
- -hood, -ship, -ery
- attaches to a noun to form occupations or professions
- attaches to a noun to form terms meaning “behaving characteristic of”