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-дей
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дей дэи дэй
Kazakh
Alternative forms
kk -дай -тей -тай -ндей -ндай
Etymology
kk trk-pro *teg, which originally was a postposition. Related to kk дейін.
Compare otk teg, tr dek, tt -дәй, ky -дей, alt -дий, ba -дәй, ug ـدەك, uz -dek.
Suffix
kk suffix
-like (Used to show resemblance to the noun.)
kk бөрі wolf бөрідей like a wolf, wolf-like
kk Ол маған қарындастай. She is like a sister to me.
kk with kk -ген or kk -етін participles as, as if, like
kk Сіз көріп тұрғаныңыздай... As you can see...
kk Цезарь айтқандай: "Келдім, көрдім, жеңдім" As Caesar said: "I came, I saw, I conquered"
kk Мен күлетіндей күл! Laugh like I do!
kk with kk -етін participle Shows the purpose or the result of the verb.
kk Ол мен еститiндей қатты сөйледі. She spoke so loudly that I could hear.
about, approximately
kk Дәрігер болғаныма екі айдай болды It's been about two months since I became a doctor
Russian
Alternative forms
ru -дѣ́й ru-PRO
Etymology
ru ine-pro *dʰeh₁-
Combining form of ru де́ять to do, ru orv дѣꙗти, from ru sla-pro *dějati, an extension of ru sla-pro *děti to do, to say (whence ru деть), from ru ine-bsl-pro *dḗˀtei, ultimately from ru ine-pro *dʰeh₁- to do.
Suffix
ru suffix -де́й noun-forming suffixes
Suffix added to stems to show that it does something; a doer.
ru ча́ры magic чароде́й magician, sorcerer
ru ли́хо evil лиходе́й evildoer (poetic)
Declension
-де́й an
Derived terms
ru
See also
ru -тель, ru -арь, ru -ник, ru -ец (suffixes for "a doer")