erimek

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اریمك (erimek), from Proto-Turkic *ẹri- (“to melt”).[1] Cognate with Azerbaijani ərimək, Kazakh еру (eru), Kyrgyz эрүү (erüü), Yakut ир (ir, “to melt”), Turkmen eremek, Tuvan эриир (eriir), Uzbek erimoq.

Verb

erimek (third-person singular simple present erir)

  1. (intransitive) to melt, dissolve, become liquid
    Donmuş yağ eridi. ― The frozen fat became liquid.
    Tuz suda erir mi? ― Will salt dissolve in water?
  2. (intransitive) to wear thin, grow threadbare
  3. (intransitive) to waste away, get thin and weak, become emaciated

Conjugation

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References

  1. Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill: “*ire”
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