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dayanmak

verb A2
  1. to lean on, rely on (intransitive)
  2. to bear, tolerate (transitive)
  3. to date back (transitive)
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dayanlean on ıyorpresent continuous umI

The stem, then -iyor, then a person ending. The first vowel of -iyor follows vowel harmony (geliyor, alıyor, okuyor, görüyor), but -yor never changes, so the person endings after it are always back: -um, -sun, -uz.

From the library

Yüzünü halka doğru dönerek devam etti: — A dostla.....rr, buna hangi can dayanır?
Seçme hikâyeler, p. 17 · C1
Yine de temel fikir, üç yüz yılı aşkın bir süre önce bir kabın içindeki iki delikten akan suyu izleyen meraklı bir gencin gözlemine dayanıyor.

Still, the basic idea rests on the observation of a curious young man who, more than three hundred years ago, watched water flowing through two holes inside a container.

Boğaz'ın İki Akıntısı, p. 1 · C1

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