𐰆𐰞

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ol (“he/she/it/that”). Cognate with Chuvash вӑл (văl), Turkish o, Uzbek u, Bashkir ул (ul), Yakut ол (ol), Chinese 兀 (“that”).

Pronoun

𐰆𐰞 (ol)

1. the third person singular or plural pronoun
2. (demonstrative) that

Suffix

𐰆𐰞 (ol)

1. Denotes third person singular or plural after certain verb tenses.

   :𐰴𐰕𐰍𐰣𐰆𐰺:𐰆𐰞 ― qazɣanur:ol. ― He/she/it conquers.

2. Denotes "to be" for third person singular or plural

   𐰪𐰃𐰍:𐰖𐰉𐰞𐰴:𐰆𐰞 ― ańïɣ:yablaq:ol ― It is very bad

Derived terms

• 𐰦𐰀 (anta, “there”)
• 𐰨𐰀 (anča, “like that, so”)
• 𐰨𐰯 (ančïp, “thus”)
• 𐰦𐰍 (antaɣ, “like that, so”)

Declension

Declension of 𐰆𐰞

	singular
nominative	𐰆𐰞 (ol)
accusative	𐰣𐰃 (anï)
genitive	𐰣𐰃𐰭 (anïŋ)
dative-locative	𐰭𐰺 (aŋar)
locative-ablative	𐰦𐰀 (anta)
ablative	𐰦𐰤 (antïn)
allative	𐰭𐰺𐰆 (aŋaru)
equative	𐰨𐰀 (anča)
instrumental	𐰣𐰃𐰣 (anïn)

See also

Old Turkic personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		𐰋𐰤 (ben), 𐰢𐰤 (men)	𐰋𐰃𐰕 (biz)
2nd person		𐰾𐰤 (sen)	𐰾𐰃𐰕 (siz)
3rd person		𐰆𐰞 (ol)

References

• Tekin, Talât (1968) “ol”, in A Grammar of Orkhon Turkic (Uralic and Altaic Series; 69), Bloomington: Indiana University, →ISBN, page 358
• Tekin, Talât (1993) “ol”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 60
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “ol”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 123