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-мӗш

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "mes"

Chuvash

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Etymology

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From a compound of Proto-Turkic *-m (“ordinal suffix”) + Proto-Turkic *-inč (“ordinal suffix”),[1] compare Bulgar -مْ (-m, “ordinal suffix”) and -شِ (-şi, “ordinal suffix”).[2]

Cognate with Khalaj -minci, Turkmen -minji (“ordinal suffix”).

Suffix

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-мӗш • (-mĕš)

  1. Used to form ordinals of numerals
    ‎пиллӗк (pillĕk, “five”) + ‎-мӗш (-mĕš) → ‎пиллӗкмӗш (pillĕkmĕš, “fifth”)

Derived terms

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Chuvash terms suffixed with -мӗш

References

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  1. ^ Levitskaja, Lija Sergejevna (1976) Istoričeskaja morfologija čuvašskovo jazyka [Historical morphology of Chuvash]‎[1], Moscow, pages 47-49
  2. ^ Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎[2] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, page 40
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