-𐽻𐽶𐽴

Old Uyghur

preceding vowel
A / Ï	E / I	O / U	Ö / Ü
-𐽻𐽶𐽴 (-syz)	-𐽻𐽶𐽴 (-syz)	-𐽻𐽳𐽴 (-swz)	-𐽻𐽳𐽴 (-swz)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-siŕ (“-less”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰾𐰔 (-siz), Chuvash -сӗр (-sĕr), Turkish -siz, Uzbek -siz, Bashkir -һеҙ (-heź), Tuvan -сиз (-siz).

Suffix

-𐽻𐽶𐽴 (-siz, -sïz)

1. Used to form adjectives or nouns denoting the non-possession of a thing or quality; -less

   𐽰𐽾𐽸𐽰𐽹𐽻𐽶𐽴 𐽷𐽳𐽶𐽽𐽻𐽳𐽴

   erdemsiz, küčsüz...

   without skill, without strength...

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xlii
• Erdal, Marcel (2004) “+s(X)z”, in A Grammar of Old Turkic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 8 Uralic & Central Asian Studies; 3), Brill Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 149