Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/yaŋsul

This Proto-Turkic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Turkic

Alternative forms

• *yoŋsul (see it for more)

Noun

*yaŋsul

1. (Common Turkic) moss

Declension

Declension of *yaŋsul (Common Turkic)

	singular	plural2)
nominative	*yaŋsul	*yaŋsullar
accusative
genitive	*yaŋsulnïŋ	*yaŋsullarnïŋ
dative	*yaŋsulka	*yaŋsullarka
locative	*yaŋsulda	*yaŋsullarda
ablative	*yaŋsuldan	*yaŋsullardan
instrumental1)		*yaŋsullarïn
equative1)	*yaŋsulča	*yaŋsullarča

¹⁾The original instrumental and equative cases have fallen into disuse in many Common Turkic languages.
²⁾This plural suffix is used only on Common Turkic, and not in Oghur. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page on Wikibooks.

Derived terms

• *yaɣsun
  • *yavsun
    • Turkish: yavsun (dialectal)
    • Kumyk: янсав (yansaw, “mold”) (by metathesis and assimilation)

References

• Sevortjan, E. V., Levitskaja, L. S. (1989) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ tjurkskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Turkic Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Nauka, page 230