Turkish

Verb

imek

1. (auxiliary) to be

Usage notes

• The verb has no declension, not used outside of its derivatives, see derived terms.

Derived terms

• inflected with -di ‎(“past”): idi ‎(“was”)
• inflected with -miş ‎(“evidential past”): imiş ‎(“was, apparently was”)
• inflected with -se ‎(“conditional”): ise ‎(“if, if it is”)
• (?) iken ‎(“when, while, meantime”)

Related terms

• ermek (?)
• erişmek (?)

References

1. ↑ Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*ĕ̀ra”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
2. ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2015-05-25), “er-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük