теҥис
Southern Altai
Etymology
From Proto-Common Turkic *teŋiz (“lake, sea”), from Proto-Turkic *teŋiŕ. Cognate to Kyrgyz деңиз (deŋiz), Karaim tengiz, Karachay-Balkar тенгиз (teñiz), Kumyk денгиз (deñiz), Karakalpak teńiz, Kazakh теңіз (teñız), Nogai денъиз (deñiz), Bashkir дингеҙ (dingeź), Tatar диңгез (diñgez), etc. Also, Compare Mongolian teŋgis (“ocean”).
Noun
теҥис • (teŋis)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| absolute | теҥис (teŋis) | теҥистер (teŋister) |
| definite genitive | теҥистиҥ (teŋistiŋ) | теҥистердиҥ (teŋisterdiŋ) |
| dative | теҥиске (teŋiske) | теҥистерге (teŋisterge) |
| definite accusative | теҥисти (teŋisti) | теҥистерди (teŋisterdi) |
| locative | теҥисте (teŋiste) | теҥистерде (teŋisterde) |
| ablative | теҥистеҥ (teŋisteŋ) | теҥистердеҥ (teŋisterdeŋ) |
Synonyms
- талай (talay)
References
- “теҥис”, in Grammatika Altajskovo Jazyka [Altaic language Grammar], Kazan: V universtiteskoj til, 1869, →ISBN
- Verbickij, V. I. (1884), “теҥис”, in Словарь алтайского и аладагского наречий тюркского языка [Dictionary of Altaic and Aladag dialects of Turkic], Kazan