adamak
verb B1- To intend or to vow to make an offering or an oblation to a power that is believed to be sacred for the purpose of making a wish come true.
- To sacrifice something or oneself for something one holds valuable; to dedicate, to devote. · Bütün hayatını oğluna adadı., She devoted her whole life to her son.
- (figurative) To be intensely occupied with something, to devote oneself to something. · kendini işine adamak, to devote oneself to one's work
- (figurative) To address a literary or musical work to someone as a sign of respect or affection; to dedicate.
- (figurative) To allocate, to reserve, to earmark something for particular purpose.
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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: ada- → adıyor.
-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: adayacağım. Not before a consonant: geleceksin.
After a vowel, the aorist is just -r: adar.
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