Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.31724/rihjj.46.1.3
Meanings of the Suffix -suz in the Bosnian Language
Halid Bulić
orcid.org/0000-0002-4779-5571
; Filozofski fakultet Univerziteta u Sarajevu
Abstract
Many loanwords of Turkish origin in the Bosnian language are created by the suffix -suz. The basic meaning of the suffix -suz in Turkish is ‘without’ or ‘the absence of what is expressed by the stem of the word’. It is usually preserved in loanwords in Bosnian. However, the research shows that this is not always the case. In the modern Bosnian language, there are several words in which the suffix -suz has a meaning other than the original, that is, in which it does not signify the absence or lack of what is stated by the stem of the word. Most loanwords from Turkish to Bosnian created by the suffix -suz mean the absence of something good or desirable, so they signify negative phenomena. For this reason, the new meaning of the suffix -suz is ‘carrier of a negative characteristic’. Such a meaning is present in the words hatèrsuz, belájsuz, problémsuz, drvènsuz, harámsuz, beznafàksuz, and bezbismilèsuz.
Keywords
loanwords; Turcisms; semantic change
Hrčak ID:
243182
URI
Publication date:
2.9.2020.
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