Reconstruction:Proto-Turkic/čašut

Proto-Turkic

Etymology

Seemingly from *čaš- +‎ *-ut.

Noun

*čašut

1. (Common Turkic) accusation, calumny
2. (Common Turkic) spy

Declension

Declension of *čašut

	Singular 3)
Nominative	*čašut
Accusative	*čašutug, *čašutnï1)
Genitive	*čašutnuŋ
Dative	*čašutka
Locative	*čašutda
Ablative	*čašutdan
Allative	*čašutgaru
Instrumental 2)	*čašutun
Equative 2)	*čašutča
Similative 2)	*čašutlayu
Comitative 2)	*čašutlugu

¹⁾ Originally only in pronominal declension.
²⁾ The original instrumental, equative, similative & comitative cases have fallen into disuse in many modern Turkic languages.
³⁾ Plurality is disputed in Proto-Turkic. See also the notes on the Proto-Turkic/Locative-ablative case and plurality page in Wikibooks.

Related terms

• *čašur- (“to delate, to accuse”)

Descendants

• Common Turkic:

• Oghuz:
  • Old Anatolian Turkish:
    • Ottoman Turkish: [script needed] (çaşıt)
      • Turkish: çaşıt (vernacular)
• Kipchak: [script needed] (çaşut)
• Siberian:
  • Old Turkic: [script needed] (čašut)

References

• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 431