-araq

Azerbaijani

Suffix

	preceding vowel
	A / I / O / U	E / Ə / İ / Ö / Ü
postconsonantal	-araq	-ərək
postvocalic	-yaraq	-yərək

-araq

Postconsonantal of -ərək after the vowels A / I / O / U.

Greenlandic

Pronunciation

(Nuuk) IPA^(key): /-araq/, [-ɑ.ʁɑq]

Suffix

-araq (v-n^?, truncative^?, uses -v- as interfix^?)

small
immature, not adult
sava (sheep) -> savaaraq (lamb).

Usage notes

This affix displays gemination of /r/ to /qq/, so e.g. plural becomes -aqqat. There also exists an alternative form of this affix, {-V'raq}, where V represents a lengthening of any preceding vowel; e.g.'paniaraq' and 'paneeraq' from panik (“daughter”) are both possible.

Derived terms

Greenlandic terms suffixed with -araq

References

Lybech, S. (2020) A List of Greenlandic Affixes, p.17
Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 156, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
Vestgrønlands Grammatik, p. 73, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
-araq in Katersat

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