Old Turkic

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Etymology

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From 𐰀𐰲 (āč-, to hunger) +‎ 𐰾𐰴 (-sïq, necessitative future suffix).

Noun

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𐰀𐰲𐰾𐰴 (āčsïq)

  1. hunger
    Antonym: 𐱃𐰆𐰑𐰾𐰴 (todsïq)
    • 8th century CE, Bilge Khagan Inscription, N6
      𐰾𐰤:𐰀𐰲𐰾𐰺:𐱃𐰆𐰽𐰴:𐰇𐰢𐰔:𐰾𐰤:𐰋𐰃𐰼:𐱃𐰆𐰑𐰽𐰺:𐰀𐰲𐰾𐰴:𐰇𐰢𐰔:𐰾𐰤
      sen:āčsar:todsïq:ömez:sen:bir:todsar:āčsïq:ömez:sen
      If you become hungry, you do not think of satiety again, if you become satiated, you do not think of hunger again.

Verb

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𐰀𐰲𐰾𐰴 (āčsïq)

  1. third person necessitative future form of 𐰀𐰲 (āč-)

References

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  • Tekin, Talât (1968) “āčsïq”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 299
  • Clauson, Gerard (1972) “a:çsık”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 31