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Meaning of -лік | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Used to form abstract nouns from adjectives
    morpheme
  2. Form of -елік (-elık) in soft words and after vowels.
    form-of, morpheme
  3. Used to form abstract adjectives
    morpheme
  4. Used to denote place or origin, birth, or residence of a person
    morpheme
  5. Added after -етін (-etın) or -ген (-gen) to affirm or emphasize the statement: really, indeed
    literary, morpheme
  6. Optionally added to predicate words, when they form a subordinate clause.
    morpheme

Examples

“азат (azat, “free, independent”) + -лік (-lık) → азаттық (azattyq, “freedom, liberty”)”
“аймақ (aimaq, “region”) + -лік (-lık) → аймақтық (aimaqtyq, “regional”)”
“Алматы (Almaty, “Almaty”) + -лік (-lık) → Алматылық (Almatylyq, “[a person] from Almaty”)”
“Оның келіп кеткендігін айттым.”

I said that she will come (indeed).

“Сенің жақсы адам екендігің жұртқа аян.”

Everyone knows that you are a good person.

“Қалай жазу керектігін білетін шығарсыз.”

You probably know how it needs to be written.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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