-غىنا، -قىنا، -كىنە، -گىنە
-ғина, -қина, -кинә, -гинә
The Endearing Degree of the adjective is formed by attaching the
suffi “-ghina, -qina, -kine, -gine” to the adjectival stem.

salqin — salqin’ghina
cool — delightfully cool
omaq — omaqqina
cute, lovely — adorable, lovely, winsome
tüzük — tüzükkine
good, decent, respectable — fine, nice, splendid
epchil — epchilgine
clever, skilful — good at a lot of things
The Endearing Degree of the adjective indicates that the speaker is indicating the quality expressed by that adjective with a feeling of fondness, or intensification. In other words, the endearing degree of the adjective is entirely related to the speaker’s feeling. e.g.

Tamgha yolwas süriti chüshürülgen chaqqan’ghine renglik Hoten gélimi tartilghanidi.
A lovely little colourful Hoten carpet, with a portrait of a tiger printed on it, had been hung on the wall. (Kéyum Turdi)

– Yaq, – didi ata yéqimliqqina külümsirep – méning qorsiqimgha bir oy kiriwaldi. (Qeyyum Turdi)
‘No,’ said father, smiling winsomely, ‘a thought has just come into my mind.’

-Yaq, bu kichikkine su ambiri bilenmu héch ish pütmeydu. (Qeyyum Turdi)
No, even with this little reservoir, nothing has been completed.

Peqet özüm bilishqa tégishlik azghine ishnila qilalidim.
I was only able to do the few little things that needed to be do
ne.

The Endearing Degree of the adjective is one of the most unproductive among the degree forms of the adjective and only a few adjectives go into this form.
~ Hemit Tömür

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