Turkish

Verb

acımak ‎(third-person singular simple present acır)

1. (intransitive) to become bitter, turn rancid
2. (intransitive) to ache, to be in pain, to hurt

   Geçirdiğim trafik kazasından beri kolum çok acıyor.‎ ― My arm hurts so much ever since the traffic accident I had.

Synonyms

• (to turn, sour, spoil): ekşimek, bozulmak, çürümek
• (to hurt, ache): incimek, ağrımak, sızlamak

Related terms

• acı

Derived terms

• acıma
• acıtmak

Etymology 2

From Ottoman Turkish آجيمق ‎(acımak), from Proto-Turkic *ačɨ- ‎(“to pity, have compassion”). According to Starostin in modern languages the root tends to be confused with *iāčɨ- 'bitter, bitterness' (see Etymology 1), thus the Oghuz voicing may be a result of secondary contamination and not due to original vowel length.^[2]

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] ‎(açıɣ, “precious gift”), [script needed] ‎(açın-, “to tend, be favourable”), Azeri acımaq ‎(“to sympathize”), Yakut аһын ‎(ahın, “to feel sorry for”).

Verb

acımak ‎(third-person singular simple present acır)

1. (intransitive, with dative case) to pity, feel pity and compassion for

   Gördüğümüz dilenciye gerçekten acıdım.‎ ― I really felt pity for the beggar we saw.

2. (intransitive, with dative case) to be unable to give up (something); to feel sorrow for, regret

Synonyms

• (to feel sorry): üzülmek

Derived terms

• acıma
• acıklı
• acınmak

Conjugation

References

1. ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2015-01-29), “acı-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
2. ↑ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ačɨ-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill