-сі

Kazakh

Alternative forms

• -сы (-sy), -ы (-y), -і (-ı)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *-si. Cognate with Kyrgyz -си (-si), Turkish -si, Yakut -тэ (-te).

Suffix

-сі • (-sı)

1. his (denotes third-person possessive suffix)

   ‎ана (ana, “mother”) + ‎-сі (-sı) → ‎анасы (anasy, “his mother”)

See also

• -нің (-nıñ, “genitive case”)
• -ім (-ım, “first-person singular possessive suffix”)
• -іміз (-ımız, “first-person plural possessive suffix”)
• -ің (-ıñ, “second-person singular informal possessive suffix”)
• -іңіз (-ıñız, “second-person singular formal possessive suffix”)