ـلنمك

Ottoman Turkish

Suffix

ـلنمك • (-lenmek)

1. Forms passive infinitives from stems ending in front vowels.
2. Forms infinitives meaning to become from stems ending in front vowels.

   ‎سكیل (siğil, “wart”) + ‎ـلنمك → ‎سكیللنمك (siğillenmek, “to get warts”)

   ‎میوه (meyve, “fruit”) + ‎ـلنمك → ‎میوه‌لنمك (meyvelenmek, “to fructify”)

Synonyms

• ـلنمق (after back vowels)

Descendants

• Turkish: -lenmek

References

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