Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/biŕ
Appearance
Proto-Turkic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Turkic *bẹ-/*bi- + *-ŕ.
Pronoun
[edit]*biŕ
Inflection
[edit]Declension of *biŕ (pronominal-n declension)
Singular | |
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Nominative | *biŕ |
Accusative | *biŕni |
Genitive | *biŕniŋ |
Dative | *biŕiŋe |
Locative | *biŕinte |
Ablative | *biŕinten |
Allative 1) | *biŕiŋerü |
Instrumental 1) | *biŕnin |
Equative 1) | *biŕinče |
Similative 1) | *biŕinleyü |
Comitative 1) | *biŕinligü |
1) The original allative, instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
Postposition
[edit]*biŕ
- Denotes "to be" for first person plural when at the end of an object; are
- Denotes first person plural after various tenses
Related terms
[edit]- *siŕ (“you (plural)”)
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*bĭ̀”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill