-іңіз
Kazakh
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-iŋiŕ. Cognate with Kyrgyz -иңиз (-iŋiz), Southern Altai -игер (-iger), Turkish -iniz, Yakut -гит (-git).
Suffix
-іңіз • (-ıñız)
- your (denotes second-person singular formal possessive suffix)
- ана (ana, “mother”) + -іңіз (-ıñız) → анаңыз (anañyz, “your mother”)
See also
- -ің (-ıñ, “second-person singular informal possessive suffix”)
- -нің (-nıñ, “genitive case”)
- -ім (-ım, “first-person singular possessive suffix”)
- -іміз (-ımız, “first-person plural possessive suffix”)
- -сі (-sı, “third-person possessive suffix”)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Turkic *-iŋ, reshaped by analogy with the possessive suffix (see etymology 1).
Suffix
-іңіз • (-ıñız)
- Used to form second-person singular formal imperative.
- кел- (kel-, “to come”) + -іңіз (-ıñız) → келіңіз (kelıñız, “come!”)