dinç
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [dintʃ]
Etymology 1
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish دینج (dinc), from Proto-Turkic *tïŋ.[1] Cognate to Southern Altai тыҥ (tïŋ, “strong”), etc.
Adjective
dinç
Etymology 2
From Proto-Turkic *tï̄n (“spirit; breath; rest; quiet”).[2] Cognate with Azerbaijani dinc (“quiet, peaceful”), Bashkir тыныс (tınıs), see there for more cognates.
Adjective
dinç
Declension
| simple present | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| ben (I am) | dincim | dinçlerim* |
| sen (you are) | dinçsin | dinçlersin* |
| o (he/she/it is) | dinç / dinçtir | dinçler* / dinçlerdir* |
| biz (we are) | dinciz | dinçleriz |
| siz (you are) | dinçsiniz | dinçlersiniz |
| onlar (they are) | dinçler | dinçlerdir |
| simple past | singular | plural |
| ben (I was) | dinçtim | dinçlerdim* |
| sen (you were) | dinçtin | dinçlerdin* |
| o (he/she/it was) | dinçti | dinçlerdi* |
| biz (we were) | dinçtik | dinçlerdik |
| siz (you were) | dinçtiniz | dinçlerdiniz |
| onlar (they were) | dinçtiler | dinçlerdi |
| indirect / unwitnessed past | singular | plural |
| ben (I was) | dinçmişim | dinçlermişim* |
| sen (you were) | dinçmişsin | dinçlermişsin* |
| o (he/she/it was) | dinçmiş | dinçlermiş* |
| biz (we were) | dinçmişiz | dinçlermişiz |
| siz (you were) | dinçmişsiniz | dinçlermişsiniz |
| onlar (they were) | dinçmişler | dinçlermiş |
* Not used, but perhaps rarely - chiefly grammatical formations.
Note: Plural forms are not used with adjectives.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*dïŋ”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*dï̄n”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill