sürçmek

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سورچمك (sürçmek, to slip, stumble), from Proto-Turkic [Term?]. According to Clauson there can hardly be an etymological connection to sürmek (to rub) or sürtmek.[1] Cognate to Karakhanid [script needed] (sürçmēk, to stumble), Chagatai [script needed] (sürçmek, to slip, stumble), Kipchak [Arabic needed] (süçre-, to stumble).

Verb

sürçmek (third-person singular simple present sürçer)

  1. (intransitive) to slip, stumble

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • sürçebilmek
  • sürçememek
  • sürçme
  • sürçmemek
  • sürçmüş
  • sürçtürmek
  • sürçüş
  • sürçüşmek

References

  1. Clauson, Gerard (1972) “sürç-”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 845
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