mutsuz

Turkish

Etymology

Back-formation from the adjective mutlu which is umut + -lu[1] -suz suffix denotes -less however mut has no meaning in the language, and besides umutsuz already means hopeless.[2]

Adjective

mutsuz

  1. sad
    Synonym: üzgün
    Antonym: mutlu

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mutlu”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mutsuz”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
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