-мек

Kazakh

Alternative forms

• -мақ (-maq), -бек (-bek), -бақ (-baq), -пек (-pek), -пақ (-paq)

Etymology

Contracted from earlier -мекші (-mekşı), from Proto-Turkic *-mekči. A cognate with Kyrgyz -мек (-mek), Uzbek -moqchi, Turkmen -mekçi.

Suffix

-мек • (-mek)

1. Used to form definite future tense.
2. Used to form definite future participles from verbs.

   ‎келу (kelu, “to come”) + ‎-мек (-mek) → ‎келмек (kelmek, “which intends to come”)

Usage notes

This suffix rarely occurs in the spoken Kazakh, and is mostly restricted to written texts.

See also

-ер (-er, “definite future tense”)