-mez

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See also: -məz

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ـمز (-mez, -maz), from Proto-Turkic *-meŕ.

Pronunciation

Suffix

preceding vowel
A / I / O / U E / İ / Ö / Ü
-maz -mez

-mez

  1. Negative aorist suffix.
  2. Makes negative aorist participles.
    ‎inanıl- (“to be believed”) + ‎-maz → ‎inanılmaz (“unbelievable”)

Usage notes

  • The suffix takes the form -me before the first-person suffixes -im (which in this case takes the form -m) and -iz.

See also

Further reading

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