Abstract:

There is a +n suffix that has a widespread usage from the first written documents of Turkish till now which derives adverbs from nouns and is called instrumental suffix. It’s not proper to evaluate this suffix that is used in the words like yazın, ilkin, yayan, değin currently only as an instrumental suffix. It is seen that this suffix is mainly used in these functions if its usages in the historical texts is researched.: 1) Instrumental case, “ tilin” (by saying), “közün” (by eye); 2) Adverb of Time, “yayın” (in summer), “ayın” (through months), “yılın” (through years), “tünün” (by night) “künün” (by day); 3) Adverb of Manner, “yadagın” (on foot), “için için” (secretly) 4) Adverb of Place “üstün” (above), “altın” (at the bottom), “arkan” (after, behind) 5) Deriving Preposition “değin” (till), “ilen” (with, by), “bilen” (with, by). “karşı+n” (in spite of), “özgü+n” (original), “ansız+ın” (suddenly, unexpectedly), “öğle+n” (by noon, at noon), “örneğ+in” (for example), “ilk+in” (firstly) and the similar words are the current samples to the function of deriving adverb of this suffix in Modern Turkish

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