Sifatning

Sifatning is the genitive or possessive form of sifat, a Uzbek noun meaning attribute, quality, or adjective. In Uzbek grammar, the genitive possessive marker -ning is attached to a possessor noun to indicate that the following element belongs to or is related to that noun. Thus sifatning marks “the attribute’s” or “the quality of,” and it is commonly used to form noun phrases that connect qualities to objects or other nouns.

In practice, sifatning is used to express relationships such as possession, attribution, or association within a larger noun phrase. The basic pattern is X ning Y, meaning “the Y of X” or “X’s Y.” The second noun (Y) can be a simple noun or a noun with its own suffixes, depending on the intended nuance. Examples include sifatning rangi (the color of the attribute), sifatning mohiyati (the essence of the attribute), and kitobning muhimligi (the importance of the book), where the first noun provides the possessor relation and the second noun carries its own meaning.

Sifatning is a standard feature across Turkic languages, with parallel forms such as Turkish -in or Kazakh ning/-nıñ expressing similar possessive relations. It is widely used in descriptive writing, linguistic analysis, and everyday speech to link qualities to things, explain attributes of objects, and construct precise noun phrases.

Overall, sifatning is a foundational grammatical tool in Uzbek for expressing “of” relationships between an attribute and another noun, enabling concise and precise descriptions of qualities and properties.