6th International Symposium Oriental Studies

41 The 6 th International Symposium on Oriental Ancient Documents Studies Shahnaz Kamalova On Definitive and Completive Constructions in the Language of Runic Artifacts The analysis of functioning of verbal-nominal forms (with indicators ‑ gAIY, ‑ sYk, ‑ Duk, ‑ YgmA, ‑ DačY, ‑ (A)r, ‑ mYs ) as a part of definitive and completive constructions in the texts of the 7–9 th cc. allows to do the following: 1) define the morphological role of these forms (nouns of action, nominal and adjective forms, participles); 2) reveal functional and semantic peculiarities of constructions where the above mentioned forms participate as a specifying component. The ‑ gAIY form is interesting for its meaning of an adverbial modifier of purpose (supine). The morphological means of that kind are quite rare in Turkic. Key words: runic texts, definitive constructions, completive constructions, verbal-nominal forms.