-мекші

Kazakh

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *-mekči. A cognate with Southern Altai -мекчи (-mekči), Uzbek -moqchi, Turkmen -mekçi.

Suffix

-мекші • (-mekşı)

  1. Used to form definite future tense.
    Келмекшісің бе?Kelmekşısıñ be?Do you intend to come?
  2. Used to form definite future participles from verbs.
    келу (kelu, to come) + ‎-мекші (-mekşı) → ‎келмекші (kelmekşı, which intends to come)

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