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sevmek

sevmek

Crimean Tatar

Verb

sevmek

imperative
2nd person singular

present tense
3rd person singular

past tense
3rd person singular

past participle
adjective

infinitive or verbal noun

sev

seve

sevdi

sevgen

sevmek

  1. to love
  2. to like

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic sev-, from Proto-Turkic *seb- (o love, like), possibly from Proto-Altaic *sebe (to love, have fun).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sevmec]
  • Hyphenation: sev‧mek

Verb

sevmek (third-person singular simple present sever)

  1. to love
    Seni seviyorum.
    I love you.
  2. to like
    Uyumayı severim.
    I like sleeping.

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References

Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), *sebe”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill