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!nominative
 
!nominative
 
|''-∅''
 
|''-∅''
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|'''{{morphTest|كۈن{{tag|n}}{{tag|nom}}{{tag|sg}}|كۈن}}'''
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|'''{{morphTest|كۈن{{tag|n}}{{tag|nom}}|كۈن}}'''
 
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!genitive
 
!genitive
 
|''نىڭ''
 
|''نىڭ''
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|'''{{morphTest|كۈن{{tag|n}}{{tag|gen}}{{tag|sg}}| كۈننىڭ}}'''
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|'''{{morphTest|كۈن{{tag|n}}{{tag|gen}}| كۈننىڭ}}'''
 
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!dative
 
!dative
 
|''غا''
 
|''غا''
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|'''{{morphTest|كۈن{{tag|n}}{{tag|dat}}{{tag|sg}}|كۈنگە}}'''
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|'''{{morphTest|كۈن{{tag|n}}{{tag|dat}}|كۈنگە}}'''
 
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!accusative
 
!accusative
 
|''نى''
 
|''نى''
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|'''{{morphTest|كۈن{{tag|n}}{{tag|acc}}{{tag|sg}}|  كۈننى}}'''
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|'''{{morphTest|كۈن{{tag|n}}{{tag|acc}}|  كۈننى}}'''
 
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|-
 
!locative
 
!locative
 
|''دا''
 
|''دا''
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|'''{{morphTest|كۈن{{tag|n}}{{tag|loc}}{{tag|sg}}|كۈندە}}'''
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|'''{{morphTest|كۈن{{tag|n}}{{tag|loc}}|كۈندە}}'''
 
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!ablative
 
!ablative
 
|''دىن''
 
|''دىن''
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|'''{{morphTest|كۈن{{tag|n}}{{tag|abl}}{{tag|sg}}|كۈندىن}}'''
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|'''{{morphTest|كۈن{{tag|n}}{{tag|abl}}|كۈندىن}}'''
 
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|-
 
!locative-
 
!locative-
 
qualitative
 
qualitative
 
|''دىكى''
 
|''دىكى''
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|'''{{morphTest|كۈن{{tag|n}}{{tag|loc}}{{tag|attr}}{{tag|sg}}|كۈندىكى}}'''
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|'''{{morphTest|كۈن{{tag|n}}{{tag|loc}}{{tag|attr}}|كۈندىكى}}'''
  
 
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|-
 
!limitative
 
!limitative
 
|''-Giche''
 
|''-Giche''
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|'''{{morphTest|كۈن{{tag|n}}{{tag|lim}}{{tag|sg}}| كۈنگىچە}}'''
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|'''{{morphTest|كۈن{{tag|n}}{{tag|lim}}| كۈنگىچە}}'''
  
 
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|-
 
!similitude
 
!similitude
 
|''دەك''
 
|''دەك''
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|'''{{morphTest|كۈن{{tag|n}}{{tag|sim}}{{tag|sg}}| كۈندەك}}'''
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|'''{{morphTest|كۈن{{tag|n}}{{tag|sim}}| كۈندەك}}'''
 
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!equivalence
 
!equivalence
 
|''-che/chilik''
 
|''-che/chilik''
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|'''{{morphTest|كۈن{{tag|n}}{{tag|equ}}{{tag|sg}}| كۈنچىلىك}}'''
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|'''{{morphTest|كۈن{{tag|n}}{{tag|equ}} كۈنچىلىك}}'''
 
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Revision as of 17:47, 27 February 2025

Part of Speech

Pronouns

Personal Pronouns

Uyghur has one set for first-person and third-person. The second person pronouns comes with 3 sets that depends on the formality and politeness. The inflection of the pronouns depends on the number and cases.

  • سەن<prn><pers><p2><sg><infml> ↔ سەن
  • سىز<prn><pers><p2><sg><pol> ↔ سىز
  • بىز<prn><pers><p3><pl><gen> ↔ بىزنىڭ

These are all examples for the pronouns for the nominative case:

Cases Singular Plural
1st Person مەن<prn><pers><p1><nom><sg> ↔ مەن بىز<prn><pers><p1><nom><pl> ↔ بىز
2nd Person (Polite) سەن<prn><pers><p2><nom><sg><pol> ↔ سەن سىلەر<prn><pers><p2><nom><pl><pol> ↔ سىلەر
2nd Person (Informal) سىز<prn><pers><p2><nom><sg><infml> ↔ سىز -
2nd Person (Formal) سىلى<prn><pers><p2><nom><sg><frm> ↔ سىلى -
3rd Person ئۇ<prn><pers><p3><nom><sg> ↔ ئۇ ئۇلار<prn><pers><p3><nom><pl> ↔ ئۇلار

Demonstrative Pronouns

Uyghur has several demonstrative pronouns that could be use as an emphasis or an intensifiers. The common usage is to refers to the distance from the speaker or the person/thing that is referred to. Demonstrative pronouns' inflection depends on the number and cases.

  • مەشە<prn><dem><sg> ↔ مەشە
  • ئاۋۇ<prn><dem><sg> ↔ ئاۋۇ
Meaning Form
Basic Specific Familiar Exact Location
this بۇ<prn><dem><sg>|بۇ}} ماۋۇ مۇشۇ مەشە
that ئۇ ئاۋۇ ئاشۇ ئەشە
that

(distant)

شۇ ئەشۇ' – –

Nouns

Uyghur nouns has ten cases which, except for the nominative case, all have suffixation after the possessive or plural suffixes.

Declensions of nouns for cases
Case Suffix kün "day"
nominative -∅ كۈن<n><nom> ↔ كۈن
genitive نىڭ كۈن<n><gen> ↔ كۈننىڭ
dative غا كۈن<n><dat> ↔ كۈنگە
accusative نى كۈن<n><acc> ↔ كۈننى
locative دا كۈن<n><loc> ↔ كۈندە
ablative دىن كۈن<n><abl> ↔ كۈندىن
locative-

qualitative

دىكى كۈن<n><loc><attr> ↔ كۈندىكى
limitative -Giche كۈن<n><lim> ↔ كۈنگىچە
similitude دەك كۈن<n><sim> ↔ كۈندەك
equivalence -che/chilik كۈن<n><equ> كۈنچىلىك ↔ {{{2}}}


Possessive Suffixes

Uyghur has possessive suffixes that indicate person. Similarly, the first and third person pronouns has one set each, while the second person has three sets that depends on context.

  • ئۆي<n><p2><pos><sg> ↔ ئۆيىڭىز
  • ئۆي<n><p2><pos><pl> ↔ ئۆيلىرىڭىز

Plurals

Most Uyghur nouns can be pluralized by adding the suffix لار to the end of the word

  • ئۆي<n><nom><pl> ↔ ئۆيلار
  • سۆز<n><nom><pl> ↔ سۆزلار
  • كۆز<n><nom><pl> ↔ كۆزلار
  • باغ<n><nom><pl> ↔ باغلار

Adjective

Degree

There are multiple degrees that could be altered depending on the adjective.

Name Affix Example
Positive degree none كىچىك
kichik(small)
Decreasing degree -rAK كىچىكرەك
kichik-rek (a bit small)
Emphatic degree first syllable+p- كىپكىچىك
kip-kichik (extremely small)
Endearing degree -GinA كىچىككىنە
kichik-kine (delightfully small)

Reduplication

Reduplication is used to a large number of objects of the same type, or that the adjective refers to actions that has a certain quality described by the adjective and it is repeated many times.

  • يېڭى<adj><adj> ↔ يېڭى-يېڭى

Nominalization

Sometimes, the adjective could turns into nouns without any alteration.

  • سوغۇق <adj> ↔ سوغۇق

Verbs

Future-Present Tense