burmak
verb A2- To twist something, to hold something from both ends and turn it in opposite directions; to wring, to pirl, to screw.
- To castrate.
- To give the mouth an acrid or bitter taste, or a puckering or drying sensation, such as after eating an unripe persimmon or a quince.
- (of stomach, of bowels) To hurt, to twinge, to gripe.
- To hurt, to injure.
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chain burTo twist something
uyorpresent 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.
burTo twist something
dupast
-di follows vowel harmony (geldi, aldı, okudu, gördü). The past uses short person endings: -m, -n, -k, -niz, -ler.
burTo twist something
acağfuture (k → ğ)
ımI
-ecek after a front vowel, -acak after a back one. After a stem ending in a vowel, a buffer y joins them: başlayacak.
k becomes ğ before a vowel: buracağım. Not before a consonant: geleceksin.
burTo twist something
araorist · habit
Other one-syllable verbs take -ar or -er: burar.
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