beslemek
verb B1- to feed, to nourish. · bu krem ellerimi besliyor, this cream nourishes my hands.
- to have a pet. · köpek besliyorum, I have a dog (lit. I am feeding a dog)
- to ensure someone food.
- to add, to strengthen · ateşi kuru odunla besledik, (lit.) we fed the fire with dry woods
- to make an emotional feeling live in one's heart. · ona beslediğim aşktan kurtulamıyorum, I cannot get rid of the love that I feel for him/her.
- to support someone financially.
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: besle- → besliyor.
-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: besleyeceğim. Not before a consonant: geleceksin.
After a vowel, the aorist is just -r: besler.
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