Lingofly-lik: a quality out of a word
To name a quality or a state in one word, -lik is hitched to the word. For example: “Ishsizlik koʻp odamni xafa qiladi.” — Unemployment upsets many people. A rule from the Uzbek course: worked out on examples, not memorized as a wording.
How it works
To name a quality or a state in one word, -lik is hitched to the word.
Bardoshli — hardy, bardoshlilik — hardiness. Ishsiz — jobless, ishsizlik — unemployment. The word becomes the name of how a person is or how things are going.
In the same row stand your newer words: barqarorlik — stability, from barqaror — stable; beparvolik — carelessness, from beparvo — careless; xilma-xillik — variety, from xil — a kind.
The tail bends to the last vowel of the word: after back vowels it reads "-liq", after front ones "-lik". The meaning does not change with it.
Table
| quality | the abstract word | in plain words |
|---|---|---|
| bardoshli — hardy | bardoshlilik | hardiness |
| ishsiz — jobless | ishsizlik | unemployment |
| barqaror — stable | barqarorlik | stability |
| beparvo — careless | beparvolik | carelessness |
| xavfsiz — safe | xavfsizlik | safety |
| qiziquvchan — curious | qiziquvchanlik | curiosity |
By example
- Xavfsizlik birinchi oʻrinda turadi.Safety stands in first place.
- Barqarorlik hammasiga kerak.Stability is needed by everyone.
How the rule settles in your head
A rule is not memorized from an explanation. It is memorized from an attempt to use it and a mistake — that is why the app delivers it mixed in with words, not as a separate lesson: it resurfaces exactly where you forgot it.
Frequently asked
-lik: how does it work in Uzbek?
To name a quality or a state in one word, -lik is hitched to the word.
What does it look like in a Uzbek example sentence?
“Ishsizlik koʻp odamni xafa qiladi.” — Unemployment upsets many people. A rule is easier to test on sentences like this than to memorize as a wording: what surfaces in conversation is the sentence.