serpilmek
verb C1- to stretch out to rest
- to grow
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe 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.
-di follows vowel harmony (geldi, aldı, okudu, gördü). The past uses short person endings: -m, -n, -k, -niz, -ler.
-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: serpileceğim. Not before a consonant: geleceksin.
Verbs of more than one syllable take -ir (-ır, -ur, -ür): serpilir.
From the library
Son olarak, birbirine yapışmaması için üzerlerine bolca pudra şekeri serpilir.
Finally, plenty of powdered sugar is sprinkled on them so that they do not stick to each other.
Havanın tamamen kararmasıyla birlikte gökyüzü, adeta üzerine pırlantalar serpilmiş kusursuz siyah bir kadifeye dönüştü.
With the weather getting completely dark, the sky turned into a flawless black velvet with diamonds sprinkled on it.
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