seyremek

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *sedre- (to be rare, to have wide intervals).[1][2] In Turkey Turkish the passive form seyrelmek has replaced the base form and the passive suffix has lost its function.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sej.ɾeˈmec/
  • Hyphenation: sey‧re‧mek

Verb

seyremek (third-person singular simple present seyrer)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete, regional) To become rare or sparse; to thin.
    Synonym: seyrelmek

Conjugation

References

  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sedre-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
  2. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “seyrek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  3. Çelik, Anıl. Türkiye Türkçesinde anlamsal döngü ve döngülü sözcük örnekleri. Hiperlink eğit. ilet. yay. san. tic. ve ltd. sti., 2020.

Further reading

  • seyremek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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