-сін

Kazakh

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *-zün. Cognate with Turkish -sin, Kyrgyz -син (-sin), Southern Altai -зин (-zin) / -син (-sin).

Suffix

-сін • (-sın)

  1. may he, let him (Used to form third-person singular optative.)
    жазу (jazu, write) + ‎-сін (-sın) → ‎жазсын (jazsyn, may he write)
  • -ейін (-eiın, suffix forming first-person singular imperative)
  • -ейік (-eiık, suffix forming first-person plural imperative)
  • -ңдер (-ñder, suffix forming second-person plural imperative)
  • -іңіз (-ıñız, suffix forming second-person polite singular imperative)
  • -іңіздер (-ıñızder, suffix forming second-person polite plural imperative)

Etymology 2

From -сі (-sı) + (-n).

Suffix

-сін • (-sın)

  1. (literary) to consider, to think, to view as
    өтірік (ötırık, false) + ‎-сін (-sın) → ‎өтіріксіну (ötırıksınu, to consider false)