gereç

Turkish

Etymology

Coined during the language reform; appears in Cep Kılavuzu (1935). Created either via gerek (necessity) + and simply leaving out the final /k/, or by calque of Arabic مَادَّة (mādda), related to مَدَّ (madda, to extend, to stretch), which in turn was taken as a model for ger- (to extend, to stretch) + .[1] See also araç. In favor of the first possibility would speak the fact that gereç was glossed as levazım (necessities) in Cep Kılavuzu.[2]

Noun

gereç

  1. equipment, supply
  2. material

Declension

Inflection
Nominative gereç
Definite accusative gereci
Singular Plural
Nominative gereç gereçler
Definite accusative gereci gereçleri
Dative gerece gereçlere
Locative gereçte gereçlerde
Ablative gereçten gereçlerden
Genitive gerecin gereçlerin
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular gerecim gereçlerim
2nd singular gerecin gereçlerin
3rd singular gereci gereçleri
1st plural gerecimiz gereçlerimiz
2nd plural gereciniz gereçleriniz
3rd plural gereçleri gereçleri
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular gerecimi gereçlerimi
2nd singular gerecini gereçlerini
3rd singular gerecini gereçlerini
1st plural gerecimizi gereçlerimizi
2nd plural gerecinizi gereçlerinizi
3rd plural gereçlerini gereçlerini
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular gerecime gereçlerime
2nd singular gerecine gereçlerine
3rd singular gerecine gereçlerine
1st plural gerecimize gereçlerimize
2nd plural gerecinize gereçlerinize
3rd plural gereçlerine gereçlerine
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular gerecimde gereçlerimde
2nd singular gerecinde gereçlerinde
3rd singular gerecinde gereçlerinde
1st plural gerecimizde gereçlerimizde
2nd plural gerecinizde gereçlerinizde
3rd plural gereçlerinde gereçlerinde
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular gerecimden gereçlerimden
2nd singular gerecinden gereçlerinden
3rd singular gerecinden gereçlerinden
1st plural gerecimizden gereçlerimizden
2nd plural gerecinizden gereçlerinizden
3rd plural gereçlerinden gereçlerinden
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular gerecimin gereçlerimin
2nd singular gerecinin gereçlerinin
3rd singular gerecinin gereçlerinin
1st plural gerecimizin gereçlerimizin
2nd plural gerecinizin gereçlerinizin
3rd plural gereçlerinin gereçlerinin
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular gerecim gereçlerim
2nd singular gereçsin gereçlersin
3rd singular gereç
gereçtir
gereçler
gereçlerdir
1st plural gereciz gereçleriz
2nd plural gereçsiniz gereçlersiniz
3rd plural gereçler gereçlerdir

References

  1. Lewis, Geoffrey (1999) The Turkish Language Reform: A Catastrophic Success, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, page 112
  2. gereç”, in Türkçeden Osmanlıcaya Cep Kılavuzu [Pocket Guide from Turkish to Ottoman Turkish] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Devlet basımevi, 1935, page 130
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