ـلنمق

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• ـلانمق (-lanmak)

Suffix

ـلنمق • (-lanmak)

1. Forms passive infinitives from stems ending in back vowels.
2. Forms infinitives meaning to become from nouns or adjectives ending in back vowels.

   ‎خروس (horos, “cock, rooster”) + ‎ـلنمق → ‎خروسلانمق (horoslanmak, “to strut (like a cock), to put on airs”)

   ‎خسته (hasta, “ill, sick”) + ‎ـلنمق → ‎خسته‌لانمق (hastalanmak, “to get sick”)

Synonyms

• ـلنمك (-lenmek) (after front vowels)

Descendants

• Turkish: -lanmak

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “لنمق”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1082
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خروسلانمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 843
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “خسته‌لانمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 847
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “لنمق”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1641