сәскә

Bashkir
Сәскәләр

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *čeček (“flower”). Cognates include Old Turkic [script needed] (čečäk), Tuvan and Southern Altai чечек (čeček), Kazakh шешек (şeşek), Uzbek chechak, Uyghur چېچەك‎ (chëchek), Turkish, Gagauz, Crimean Tatar çiçek, Azerbaijani çiçək.

The background of the metathesis *säsäk → säskä that took place in Bashkir remains yet to be explored. One possible reason for it may have been to resolve the homonymy that is ubiquitous in most Turkic languages: the descendants of the archetype čeček mean both "flower" and "smallpox". Secondly, it may have been promoted by the influence of a Oghur stratum in Bashkir; compare Chuvash ҫеҫке (śeśke, “flower”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [sæsˈkæ]
  • Hyphenation: сәс‧кә

Noun

сәскә • (säskä)

  1. flower
    Сәскә түтәле.
    Säskä tütäle.
    A flower bed.
    Былар ябай сәскә түгел, дарыу үләндәре.
    Bïlar yabay säskä tügel, darïw üländäre.
    these are not simple flowers, (but) medicinal herbs.
  2. small potted home plant

Declension
Inflection of сәскә (säskä)
singular plural
absolute сәскә (säskä) сәскәләр (säskälär)
definite genitive сәскәнең (säskäneñ) сәскәләрҙең (säskälärðeñ)
dative сәскәгә (säskägä) сәскәләргә (säskälärgä)
definite accusative сәскәне (säskäne) сәскәләрҙе (säskälärðe)
locative сәскәлә (säskälä) сәскәләрҙә (säskälärðä)
ablative сәскәнән (säskänän) сәскәләрҙән (säskälärðän)

Synonyms
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