-gaç

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search
See also: GAC, Gac, gac, gać, Gać, gạc, gác, and gấc

Turkish

[edit]
preceding vowel
A / I / O / U E / İ / Ö / Ü
default -gaç -geç
assimilated -kaç -keç

Etymology

[edit]

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـكچ (-gaç, -geç) and sometimes ـكج (-gac, -gec), from Proto-Turkic *-gač, *-geč. In many cases in Modern Turkish the "g" falls off and the suffix presents as -aç/-eç.[1]

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /ɡat͡ʃ/, /ɟet͡ʃ/, /kat͡ʃ/, /cet͡ʃ/

Suffix

[edit]

-gaç

  1. Derives names of tools from verbs or nouns.[2]
    yüz- (to swim) + ‎-geç → ‎yüzgeç (fin, flipper)
    süz- (to strain, to filter) + ‎-geç → ‎süzgeç (filter, sieve)
    kıs- (to pinch, to tighten) + ‎-kaç → ‎kıskaç (clamp, pincers, claw)
    solu- (to breathe) + ‎-(n)gaç → ‎solungaç (gill)
    bakır (copper) + ‎-aç → ‎bakraç (a small copper bucket)
    ayır- (to separate) + ‎-aç → ‎ayraç (separator, bookmark)
    kaldır- (to lift) + ‎-aç → ‎kaldıraç (lever, crank)
  2. In rare cases derives adjectives from verbs, of inclination or habit.[2]
    utan- (to be ashamed, to be shy) + ‎-gaç → ‎utangaç (shy, timid)
    üşen- (to feel too lazy (to do something)) + ‎-geç → ‎üşengeç (lazy, lethargic)
    gül- (to smile, to laugh) + ‎-eç → ‎güleç (smiling often, habitually)
    alın- (to be offended) + ‎-gaç → ‎(regional) alıngaç (shy, timid)
  3. Derives various nouns from verbs or other nouns.
    sür- (to drive, to last) + ‎-eç → ‎süreç (process, continuum)
    kaya (stone, boulder) + ‎-(a)ç → ‎kayaç (rock(any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals))
    tümle- (to complete, to complement) + ‎-(e)ç → ‎tümleç (object in a sentence)

Derived terms

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), "+(g)Aç" - in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. 2.0 2.1 Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “-gaç”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1625