𐰓𐰤

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-din. Cognate with Chuvash -рен (-ren), Turkish -den, Uzbek -dan, Bashkir -дән (-dən), Yakut -ттэн (-tten).

Suffix

𐰓𐰤 (-din)

1. Forms the ablative case

   Synonym: 𐰓𐰀- (-de)

   ‎𐰇𐰭 (öŋ, “front”) + ‎𐰓𐰤 (d²n²) → ‎𐰇𐰭𐰓𐰤 (öŋdin, “from the front”)

Usage notes

1. The consonant mutates from 𐰓 (d) to 𐱅 (t) after being appended to a verb that ends with the consonants l, r and n.

   ‎𐰖𐰆𐰞 (yol, “road”) + ‎𐰓𐰤 (d²n²) → ‎𐰖𐰆𐰡𐰤 (yoltïn, “from the road”)

Alternative forms

• 𐰑𐰤 (-dïn)
• 𐱅𐰤 (-tin)
• 𐱃𐰤 (-tïn)
• 𐰦𐰤 (-ntin, -ntïn)
• 𐰡𐰤 (-ltin, -ltïn)

Related terms

• 𐰏 (-g, “accusative case”)
• 𐰤𐰭 (-niŋ, “genitive case”)
• 𐰚𐰀 (-ke, “dative-locative case”)
• 𐰓𐰀 (-de, “locative-ablative case”)
• 𐰏𐰼𐰇 (-gerü, “allative case”)
• 𐰲𐰀 (-če, “equative case”)
• 𐰤 (-in, “instrumental case”)
• 𐰠𐰏𐰇 (-ligü, “comitative case”)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 133