salmak
verb B2- to set free, let go, release · kuş salmak, to release a bird
- to release, to emit · duman salmak, to release smoke
- to put out, put forth (shoots, roots)
- to send, dispatch
- to let attack, sic
- to ignore, neglect, omit, become careless
- to put, to add
- to tax
Forms you’ll meet
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ıyorpresent 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.
salset free
dıpast
-di follows vowel harmony (geldi, aldı, okudu, gördü). The past uses short person endings: -m, -n, -k, -niz, -ler.
salset free
acağfuture (k → ğ)
ımI
-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: salacağım. Not before a consonant: geleceksin.
salset free
araorist · habit
Other one-syllable verbs take -ar or -er: salar.
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