-елік

Kazakh

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Turkic *-elim. Change of -m to -k might be because of the influence of the first-person plural past tense suffix -к (-k).

Suffix

-елік • (-elık)

  1. (literary) may we, let's (Used to form first-person plural optative.)
    Synonym: -ейік (-eiık)
    • 1864, Ыбырай Алтынсарин [Ybyrai Altynsarin], Кел, балалар, оқылық! [Kel, balalar, oqylyq!]:
      Кел, балалар, оқылық,
      Оқығанды көңілге
      Ықыласпен тоқылық!
      Kel, balalar, oqylyq,
      Oqyğandy köñılge
      Yqylaspen toqylyq!
      Come, children, let's study
      Let's firmly grasp
      what we have learned with focus
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