-сі

See also: Appendix:Variations of "si"

Kazakh

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *-si. Cognate with Kyrgyz -си (-si), Southern Altai -зи (-zi), Turkish -si, Yakut -тэ (-te).

Suffix

-сі • (-sı)

  1. his (denotes third-person possessive suffix)
    ‎ана (ana, “mother”) + ‎-сі (-sı) → ‎анасы (anasy, “his mother”)

See also

  • -нің (-nıñ, “genitive case”)
  • -ім (-ım, “first-person singular possessive suffix”)
  • -іміз (-ımız, “first-person plural possessive suffix”)
  • -ің (-ıñ, “second-person singular informal possessive suffix”)
  • -іңіз (-ıñız, “second-person singular formal possessive suffix”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-si

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “This suffix seems to be only mentioned once in Marcel Erdal's "A Grammar Of Old Turkic" at page 70.”)

Suffix

-сі • (-sı)

  1. (literary) to pretend
    Білмегенсіме! ― Bılmegensıme! ― Do not pretend like you don't know!
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