-ık

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ik"

Turkish

preceding vowel
A / I E / İ O / U Ö / Ü
postconsonantal -ık -ik -uk -ük
postvocalic -k

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ⁧ـیق⁩ (-ik) as well as Ottoman Turkish ⁧وق⁩ (-uk), from Proto-Turkic *-uk, synonymous to Proto-Turkic *-ïg.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɯk/, /ic/, /uk/, /yc/

Suffix

-ık

  1. Derives participle forms of verbs; adjectival and/or resulting state or product of the action.
    ‎aç- (“to open”) + ‎-ık → ‎açık (“open, opened”)
    ‎del- (“to drill, to poke a hole”) + ‎-ik → ‎delik (“hole, pierced”)
    ‎boz- (“to break, to damage”) + ‎-uk → ‎bozuk (“broken, damaged”)
    ‎düş- (“to fall”) + ‎-ük → ‎düşük (“fallen, low”)
    ‎iste- (“to want”) + ‎-k → ‎istek (“request, want”)
    ‎dile- (“to wish”) + ‎-k → ‎dilek (“wish, desire”)

Derived terms

Turkish terms suffixed with -ık

References

  1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), "+Uk" - in Nişanyan Sözlük
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