-сы

See also: сы, сы-, Appendix:Variations of "sy", and Appendix:Variations of "si"

Bashkir

Alternative forms

-се (-se), -со (-so), -сө (-sö)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *-či (agent noun suffix).

Cognate with exactly analogous suffixes in other Turkic languages: Kazakh -шы (-şy), Uzbek -chi, Turkish -çı, -cı, etc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [-ˈsɯ̞]

Suffix

-сы • (-sı)

(added to verbs and nouns) person who does an action indicated by the root verb or noun; used to form agent nouns, terms for professions or occupations

Derived terms

Kazakh

Suffix

-сы • (-sy)

Form of -сі (-sı) in hard words and after vowels.