imek

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ایمك (imek, “to be”), from Proto-Turkic *er- (“to be (aux.)”).[1] Cognate with Azerbaijani *imək, Old Turkic 𐰼 (er-, “to be”), Uzbek *emoq and Uzbek *ermoq, Yakut эр (er, “to be”). Uyghur and Uzbek have largely retained the usage of this verb in its 7 derivative patterns in total (whereas other derivatives are lost).

Verb

imek

  1. (auxiliary, defective) to be

Usage notes
  • The verb has no conjugation, not used outside of its inherited derivatives, see related terms.
  • idi (“was”) (idim/idin/idi/idik/idiniz/idiler): from Proto-Turkic *er-ti (“was”), equivalent to inflection with -di (“past tense marker”)
  • imiş (“was, apparently was”) (imişim/imişsin/imiş/imişiz/imişsiniz/imişler): from Proto-Turkic *er-miĺ (“was”), equivalent to inflection with -miş (“evidential past tense marker”)
  • ise (“if, if it is”) (isem/isen/ise/isek/iseniz/iseler): from Proto-Turkic *er-se (“if”), equivalent to inflection with -se (“conditional mood marker”)
  • idük (idüğüm/idüğün/idüğü/idüğümüz/idüğünüz/idükler): from Proto-Turkic *er-tük, equivalent to inflection with -dik
  • (probably) iken (“when, while, meantime”)

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