ـلىق

Inherited from Chagatai ـلیغ (-lığ), ـلیک (-lig), ـلوغ (-luğ), ـلوک (-lüg), from Proto-Turkic *-lig. Cognate with Khalaj -lig, Uzbek -li, Mongolian -лаг (-lag), and Turkish -lı, -li, -lu, -lü.

ـلىق • (-liq)

1. Suffix forming adjectives from nouns.

   Antonym: ـسىز (-siz, “-less”)

   ‎كوففېئىن (koffë'in, “caffeine”) + ‎ـلىق (-liq) → ‎كوففېئىنلىق (koffë'inliq, “caffeinated”)

   ‎ئوت (ot, “grass”) + ‎ـلىق (-liq) → ‎ئوتلۇق (otluq, “grassy”)

   ‎ئىزاھ (izah, “explanation”) + ‎ـلىق (-liq) → ‎ئىزاھلىق (izahliq, “explanatory”)

2. Suffix forming demonyms.

   ‎ئاسىيا (asiya, “Asia”) + ‎ـلىق (-liq) → ‎ئاسىيالىق (asiyaliq, “Asian”)

   ‎ئىران (iran, “Iran”) + ‎ـلىق (-liq) → ‎ئىرانلىق (iranliq, “Iranian”)

   ‎مىسىر (misir, “Egypt”) + ‎ـلىق (-liq) → ‎مىسىرلىق (misirliq, “Egyptian”)

• (instantaneous suffix) Harmonic variants:

  ـلىق (-liq) is added to unrounded back vowel words

  ـلىك (-lik) is added to rounded front vowel words

  ـلۇق (-luq) is added to rounded back vowel words

  ـلۈك (-lük) is added to unrounded front vowel words

Inherited from Chagatai ـلیق (-lıq), ـلیک (-lik), ـلوق (-luq), ـلوک (-lük), from Proto-Turkic *-lik. Cognate with Uzbek -lik and Turkish -lık, -lik, -luk, -lük.

ـلىق • (-liq)

1. Suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives.

   ‎چوڭ (chong, “large”) + ‎ـلىق (-liq) → ‎چوڭلۇق (chongluq, “largeness”)

   ‎تىنچ (tinch, “tranquil”) + ‎ـلىق (-liq) → ‎تىنچلىق (tinchliq, “tranquility”)

   ‎لازىم (lazim, “necessary”) + ‎ـلىق (-liq) → ‎لازىملىق (lazimliq, “necessity”)

2. Suffix forming abstract nouns from nouns.

   ‎بالا (bala, “child”) + ‎ـلىق (-liq) → ‎بالىلىق (baliliq, “childhood”)

   ‎پادىشاھ (padishah, “king”) + ‎ـلىق (-liq) → ‎پادىشاھلىق (padishahliq, “kingship”)

   ‎خەتتات (xettat, “calligrapher”) + ‎ـلىق (-liq) → ‎خەتتاتلىق (xettatliq, “calligraphy”)

• (instantaneous suffix) Harmonic variants:

  ـلىق (-liq) is added to unrounded back vowel words

  ـلىك (-lik) is added to rounded front vowel words

  ـلۇق (-luq) is added to rounded back vowel words

  ـلۈك (-lük) is added to unrounded front vowel words

• Appendix:Uyghur suffixes