-cil

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cil"

Azerbaijani

Other scripts

Cyrillic		-ҹил
Abjad		-چیل

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʒɯɫ], [d͡zɯɫ]

Suffix

preceding vowel
A / I	E / Ə / İ	O / U	Ö / Ü
-cıl	-cil	-cul	-cül

-cil

1. Suffix appended to nouns to derive adjectives with the meaning of inclination.

   ‎iş (“work”) + ‎-cil → ‎işcil (“hard-working, industrious”)

   ‎yuxu (“sleep”) + ‎-cil → ‎yuxucul (“prone to sleep a lot”)

   ‎ard (“sequel, continuation”) + ‎-cil → ‎ardıcıl (“consistent”)

   ‎ölüm (“death”) + ‎-cil → ‎ölümcül (“deadly”)

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـجیل (-cil).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒil/

Suffix

	preceding vowel
	A / I	E / İ	O / U	Ö / Ü
default	-cıl	-cil	-cul	-cül
assimilated	-çıl	-çil	-çul	-çül

-cil

1. Derives names of animals, mainly but not exclusively birds, which denote their diet or their tendency to prey on a certain type of animal.

   ‎balık (“fish”) + ‎-çıl → ‎balıkçıl (“heron”, literally “that which feeds on fish”)

   ‎arı (“bee”) + ‎-cıl → ‎arıcıl (“bee-eater”, literally “that which feeds on bees”)

   ‎et (“meat”) + ‎-çil → ‎etçil (“meat eater, carnivore”)

   ‎ot (“straw, grass”) + ‎-çul → ‎otçul (“plant eater, herbivore”)

2. Derives names of plants or animals, which denote their tendency or preference to habitate a certain type of environment or location.

   ‎batak (“bog, marsh”) + ‎-çıl → ‎batakçıl (“that which lives, likes to live in swamps, swampy areas”)

   ‎kurak (“dry, arid”) + ‎-çıl → ‎kurakçıl (“that which lives, likes to live in a dry, arid environment”)

   ‎dağ (“mountain”) + ‎-cıl → ‎dağcıl (“that which lives, likes to live on mountains, in mountainous areas”)

3. Derives adjectives from nouns, which denote a tendency, fondness, habit, affection or dependency towards an action or behaviour.

   ‎ben (“I, me, self”) + ‎-cil → ‎bencil (“selfish, egotistical”)

   ‎kötü (“evil, malice”) + ‎-cül → ‎kötücül (“malicious, wicked, ill-intentioned”)

   ‎ev (“home, house”) + ‎-cil → ‎evcil (“homely, domesticated”)

   ‎kin (“grudge”) + ‎-cil → ‎kincil (“grudging, vengeful, revengeful”)

4. Adds the meaning of tendency, willingness or closeness.

   ‎ön (“front, anterior”) + ‎-cül → ‎öncül (“that which leads, leading”)

   ‎art (“back, rear”) + ‎-çıl → ‎artçıl (“that which comes from behind, latter”)

   ‎ölüm (“death”) + ‎-cül → ‎ölümcül (“deadly, fatal”)

5. Adds the meaning of similarity, likeness.

   ‎ak (“white”) + ‎-çıl → ‎akçıl (“whitened, blenched”)

   ‎kır (“grey”) + ‎-çıl → ‎kırçıl (“greyed, starting to grey”)

6. Derives terms.

   ‎bütün (“whole, entirety”) + ‎-cül → ‎bütüncül (“holistic, totalitarian”)

   ‎hep (“all, ever”) + ‎-çil → ‎hepçil (“omnivore”)

Derived terms

Turkish terms suffixed with -cil