semizotu
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish سمیز اوت (semiz ot),[1][2] can be analyzed as semiz (“fat”, adj) + ot (“grass, herb”) + -u (possessive suffix). The unusual possessive suffix in an adjective compound is possibly a remnant from former semizlik otu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seˈmi.zo.tu/
- Hyphenation: se‧mi‧zo‧tu
Noun
semizotu (definite accusative semizotunu, plural semizotları)
Declension
| Inflection | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | semizotu | |
| Definite accusative | semizotunu | |
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nominative | semizotu | semizotları |
| Definite accusative | semizotunu | semizotlarını |
| Dative | semizotuna | semizotlarına |
| Locative | semizotunda | semizotlarında |
| Ablative | semizotundan | semizotlarından |
| Genitive | semizotunun | semizotlarının |
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سمیز اوت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1080
- Kélékian, Diran (1911) “سمیز اوت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 692
Further reading
- “semizotu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “semizotu”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 4139
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