Abstract:

Turkish is one of the languages that have conceptual richness thanks to the ability of acquiring innumerable derivation. Verb il- is among the verb stems which has achieved such a richness. The word lives in Anatolian dialects as a stem. Firstly seen in Old Uighur, verb il- is known to have a productive use both in historical and in modern Turkish dialects. Besides, this verb shows similarity with èlt- and ilen- verbs with regards to phonetics and semantics, therefore these verbs have their origins in il-. This study will dwell on the vocabulary, which are thought to be relevant with il-, èlt- and ilenverbs, until Turkish, among the historical Turkish literary languages, Turkish dialectsand will discuss the uncertain vocabulary

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