-uş

See also: Appendix:Variations of "us"

Azerbaijani

Etymology 1

Cognate with Uyghur -ۇش (-ush).

Suffix

-uş

  1. Postconsonantal suffix appended to verbal stems in harmony with stems' lastest vowels o or u to form nouns.[1]
    uçmaq (to fly) + -uşuçuş (flight)
    udmaq (to win) + -uşuduş (win, gain)
Declension

Etymology 2

Likely related to the "Turkic" "reciprocal/cooperative" suffix "-š-" which was compared as early as 1912 with "reciprocal/cooperative" Mongolian suffix "-ča-/-če-" by Ramstedt.[2]

Suffix

-uş

  1. Postconsonantal suffix appended to verbal stems in harmony with stems' lastest vowels o or u to form verbal stems with a meaning of reciprocal action, force or contact.[3]
    vurmaq (to hit, punch) + -uşvuruşmaq (to battle, fight)

References

  1. Širalijev, Mamedaga; Sevortjan, Ervand (1971), -uş”, in Grammatika azerbajdžanskovo jazyka. Fonetika, morfologija i sintaksis. [Grammar of Azerbaijani language. Phonetics, morphology, syntax.], Baku: Elm, page 54.
  2. “Archived copy”, in (Please provide the title of the work), accessed 18 October 2018, archived from the original on 11 December 2015
  3. Širalijev, Mamedaga; Sevortjan, Ervand (1971), -uş”, in Grammatika azerbajdžanskovo jazyka. Fonetika, morfologija i sintaksis. [Grammar of Azerbaijani language. Phonetics, morphology, syntax.], Baku: Elm, page 96.
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