терс

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ters.

Compare to Old Uyghur [script needed] (ters); Bashkir тиреҫ (tireś, north), Kyrgyz тескей (teskey, northern slope), Azerbaijani tərs, Turkish ters, Turkmen ters, Uzbek terskay (northern slope, opposite), etc.

Noun

терс • (ters)

  1. opposite
  2. reverse

Declension

Inflection of терс
singular plural
absolute терс (ters) терстер (terster)
definite genitive терстиҥ (terstiŋ) терстердиҥ (tersterdiŋ)
dative терске (terske) терстерге (tersterge)
definite accusative терсти (tersti) терстерди (tersterdi)
locative терсте (terste) терстерде (tersterde)
ablative терстеҥ (tersteŋ) терстердеҥ (tersterdeŋ)

References

  • N. A. Baskakov, Toščakova N.A, editor (1947), “терс”, in Ojrotsko-Russkij Slovarʹ [Oyrot-Russian Dictionary], Moscow: M.: OGIZ, →ISBN
  • Şima Doğan, editor (2013), “терс”, in altai türkçenin tarihi karşilaştirmali ses bilgisi [historical comparative phonology of altai turkish], Izmir: Unknown, →ISBN, page 117