See also: -sınız

Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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Cognate with Turkish -siniz, Turkmen -siz. From Proto-Turkic *siŕ, but affected by *-iŋiŕ (second person possessive suffix).

Suffix

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preceding vowel
A / I E / Ə / İ O / U Ö / Ü
-sınız -siniz -sunuz -sünüz

-siniz

  1. Second-person plural present simple copula (used suppletively in place of *imək):
    1. [you (plural or polite)] are

Turkish

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Suffix

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-siniz

  1. Suffix of verb "to be" for subject "you" (formal or plural).
    Gerginsiniz.You are nervous.

Usage notes

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  • It's used when the word's last vowel is one of "e" or "i".
  • It could be "-sunuz", "-sünüz", "-sınız" according to the last vowel of the word.
  • While talking about you (singular) or you (informal), it becomes "-sin"