Used to form present participles from verbs: · Meaning “that is to be [verb]ed; suitable for [verb]ing; intended for [verb]ing” · Used to form subordinate clauses in present or future tense: that
köken: From earlier -атұн (-atūn), from -атұғын (-atūğyn), which are now obsolete, from *-a turgan. Equivalent for -а (-a) + тұр (tūr) + -ған (-ğan). Compare Karachay-Balkar -атургъан (-aturğan), Nogai -атагъан (-atag”an), Tatar -а торган (-a torğan), Southern Altai -атан (-atan) / -отон (-oton), etc.
köken: Borrowed from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal, “first; in Gulf dialects it means "before"”). Compare Turkish evvel, Azerbaijani əvvəl and Uyghur ئاۋۋال (awwal).
former, previous (holding a certain function or position in the past but no longer so at the time of speaking) · former, previous (of nations; existing in the past but no longer so at the time of speaking, or now being in a different place or having a different form)
çekim: çoğul byli · tamlayan byłego
eş: eks-
zıt: przyszły
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Balto-Slavic *bū́ˀtei Proto-Slavic *byti Old Polish być Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Slavic *-lъ Old Polish -ły Old Polish były Polish były Inherited from Old Polish były. By surface analysis, być + -ły.
above, over (+ instrumental case) · over (expression motion towards) · more than, like (used when increasing the higher measure, the degree of comparison, etc.)
köken: Inherited from Old East Slavic надъ (nadŭ), from Proto-Slavic *nadъ.
that (which is) is before one (in time), more forward, in the future; anterior (as opposed to posterior or backward in time); in front (of) · foremost · formerly (of time), previously
köken: Comparative form of lost adjective *anterus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énteros. Related to ante. Alternatively, built on ante in analogy to posterior (“which comes after”).