-сін

Kazakh

	preceding vowel
	А / Ы / О / Ұ	Ә / Е / І / Ө / Ү
postconsonantal	-сын (-syn)	-сін (-sın)
postvocalic	-сын (-syn)	-сін (-sın)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *-zün. Cognate with Turkish -sin.

Suffix

-сін • (-sın)

1. may he, let him (Used to form third-person singular optative.)

   ‎жазу (jazu, “write”) + ‎-сін (-sın) → ‎жазсын (jazsyn, “may he write”)

Related terms

• -ейін (-eiın, “suffix forming first-person singular imperative”)
• -ейік (-eiık, “suffix forming first-person plural imperative”)
• -ңдер (-ñder, “suffix forming second-person plural imperative”)
• -іңіз (-ıñız, “suffix forming second-person polite singular imperative”)
• -іңіздер (-ıñızder, “suffix forming second-person polite plural imperative”)