kaplamak
verb B2- to cover, coat, wrap, enclose, blanket, envelop, plate, veneer (to cover and enclose with any material)
- to surround, to enclose
- to cover, to spread to
- synonym of doldurmak
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.
A stem ending in a vowel drops it before -iyor: kapla- → kaplıyor.
-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: kaplayacağım. Not before a consonant: geleceksin.
After a vowel, the aorist is just -r: kaplar.
From the library
Semâyı kaplayacak, şimdi, gâzeler gibi nûr
Zavallılar kalacaklar esîr-i ufk-ı türâb.
Evlerinin kapı önlerine ve yeşil parklara kaplar içinde temiz su ve lezzetli mama bırakırlar.
They leave clean water and delicious food in containers in front of their house doors and in green parks.
Çevre kirliliğini azaltan bu modern ulaşım araçları, geleceğin şehirlerinde daha fazla yer kaplayacak gibi görünüyor.
These modern transportation vehicles that reduce environmental pollution seem like they will take up more space in the cities of the future.
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