sönmek
verb B2- to die down, go out, burn out
- to fade or go out
- to go flat; to deflate, lose air and collapse
- to disappear; to come to an end
- to diminish, lose its luster, lose its attractiveness; to lose one's vitality; to go into a decline
Forms you’ll meet
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üyorpresent 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.
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düpast
-di follows vowel harmony (geldi, aldı, okudu, gördü). The past uses short person endings: -m, -n, -k, -niz, -ler.
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eceğfuture (k → ğ)
imI
-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: söneceğim. Not before a consonant: geleceksin.
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eraorist · habit
Other one-syllable verbs take -ar or -er: söner.
From the library
Gecenin mevti ufku bağlamadan
Susmadan her teneffüs-i zinde,
Ey sen
Ki sönmemiş zer-i zülfünde son ziyâ-yı nehâr,
Bu genç elinle bu yorgun cebîn-i lâlimi sar,
Ve sonra git.
Ağaçta neş`e söndü.
Söner şimdi, manzur olurken demin
Hayulası karşımda bir alemin.
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