𐰽𐰆𐰸𐰆𐰽

Old Turkic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *sok-uĺč-, reciprocative of *sok-. Equivalent to 𐰽𐰆𐰸 (soq-, “to crush, to beat”) +‎ 𐰆𐰽 (-uš, reciprocative suffix).

Verb

𐰽𐰆𐰸𐰆𐰽 (soquš-)

1. to fight one another
2. to come across, to meet
   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 2

     𐰆𐱃𐰺𐰆:𐰚𐰃:𐰖𐰞𐰍:𐰚𐰃𐰾𐰃:𐰆𐰍𐰞𐰃𐰣:𐰽𐰆𐰸𐰆𐰽𐰢𐰃𐰾

     utru:éki:yalïɣ:kiši:oɣlïn:soqušmïš

     (This road god) apparently met two joyful human beings.

   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 6

     𐰑𐰍𐰞𐰃⁚𐱃𐰆𐰭𐰆𐰔𐰞𐰃⁚𐰀𐰺𐱃⁚𐰇𐰔𐰀⁚𐰽𐰆𐰸𐰽𐰢𐰃𐰾

     adïɣlï:toŋuzlï:art:üze:soqušmïš

     A bear and a boar met on a mountain pass.

   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 27

     𐰉𐰖⁚𐰼⁚𐰴𐰆𐰪𐰃⁚𐰇𐰼𐰚𐰇𐰯𐰤⁚𐰉𐰺𐰢𐰃𐰾⁚𐰋𐰇𐰼𐰃𐰚𐰀⁚𐰽𐰆𐰸𐰆𐰽𐰢𐰃𐰾

     bay:er:qońï:ürküpen:barmïš:börike:soqušmïš

     A rich man's sheep went away in a fright. It met a wolf.

   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 35

     𐰼⁚𐰴𐰆𐰍𐰆⁚𐰴𐰆𐰽𐰴𐰀⁚𐰽𐰆𐰴𐰆𐰽𐰢𐰾

     er:quɣu:qušqa:soqušmïš

     (Then) the man met a swan.

   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 47

     𐰼⁚𐰇𐰢𐰀𐰠𐰘𐰇⁚𐰉𐰺𐰢𐰃𐰾⁚𐱅𐰭𐰼𐰃𐰚𐰀⁚𐰽𐰆𐰸𐰆𐰽𐰢𐰃𐰾

     er:ümeleyü:barmïš:teŋrike:soqušmïš

     A man went visiting (and) met a god.

   • 9th century CE, Irk Bitig, Omen 49

     𐰆𐰺𐱃𐰆⁚𐰘𐰃𐰼𐰓𐰀⁚𐰢𐰍𐰴𐰀⁚𐰽𐰆𐰸𐰆𐰽𐰢𐰃𐰾

     ortu:yérde:amɣaqa:soqušmïš

     In an open place it came across a wild goat.

References

• Tekin, Talât (1993) “sokuş-”, in Irk Bitig: The Book of Omens, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 62
• Clauson, Gerard (1972) “sokuş-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 817