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paralamak

verb B2
  1. to tear apart, maul, shred (transitive)
  2. to wear out, ruin, fray (transitive)
  3. to hurt someone with words, lash out verbally (figuratively, transitive)
  4. to exhaust oneself, overwork (figuratively, transitive)
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Forms you’ll meet

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paraltear apart 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.

A stem ending in a vowel drops it before -iyor: parala- → paralıyor.

From the library

Çay tepsisinin üzerinde biriken bozuk paralar sadece emeğinin karşılığı değil, aynı zamanda o kısa sohbetlerin ve paylaşılan dertlerin de birer hatırasıydı.

The coins accumulating on the tea tray were not only the reward for his labor, but at the same time a souvenir of those short conversations and shared troubles.

Haydarpaşa'daki Çaycı, p. 1 · C1

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