-cil

Azerbaijani
Other scripts
Cyrillic -ҹил
Roman -cil
Perso-Arabic -چیل‎

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʒɯɫ], [d͡zɯɫ]

Suffix
preceding vowel
A / I E / Ə / İ O / U Ö / Ü
-cıl -cil -cul -cül

-cil

  1. Suffix appended to nouns to derive adjectives with the meaning of inclination.[1]
    ‎iş (“work”) + ‎-cil → ‎işcil (“hard-working, industrious”)
    ‎yuxu (“sleep”) + ‎-cil → ‎yuxucul (“prone to sleep a lot”)
    ‎ard (“sequel, continuation”) + ‎-cil → ‎ardıcıl (“consistent”)
    ‎ölüm (“death”) + ‎-cil → ‎ölümcül (“deadly”)

References
  1. Širalijev, Mamedaga; Sevortjan, Ervand (1971), “-cil”, in Grammatika azerbajdžanskovo jazyka. Fonetika, morfologija i sintaksis. [Grammar of Azerbaijani language. Phonetics, morphology, syntax.], Baku: Elm, pages 64
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