zilik
See also: zîlik
Turkish
Etymology
Noun
zilik
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “zilik”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume V, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5485a
Volapük
Adjective
zilik
- eager, enthusiastic, avid
- 1946, “Nuns”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 34:
- Söl: ‚Tarnow’ äbinom konletan zilik dinas valik teföl valemapükis valasotik. Bukem valemapükik omik, kel äbinon ba gretikün un Deutän, ye pedistukon ti löliko.
- Mr. Tarnow was an avid collector of all things in the field of world languages. His library, which was probably the largest in Germany, has, however, been almost completely destroyed.
Declension
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | ||||
| Postpositive1 | zilik | zilikum | zilikün | ||||||
| Prepositive2 | Nominative | zilik | ziliks | zilikum | zilikums | zilikün | ziliküns | ||
| Genitive | zilika | zilikas | zilikuma | zilikumas | ziliküna | zilikünas | |||
| Dative | zilike | zilikes | zilikume | zilikumes | ziliküne | zilikünes | |||
| Accusative | ziliki | zilikis | zilikumi | zilikumis | ziliküni | zilikünis | |||
| Predicative3 | ziliku | zilikus | zilikumu | zilikumus | zilikünu | zilikünus | |||
| Vocative | o zilik | o ziliks | o zilikum | o zilikums | o zilikün | o ziliküns | |||
- Used when the adjective immediately follows the noun.
- Used when the adjective precedes the noun or is separated from it.
- Introduced in Volapük Nulik.