seyrek
Turkish
Etymology
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سیرك (seyrek, “open, wide apart, loosely woven, rare”),[1] from Proto-Turkic *sedrek (“gappy, rare, perforated”), from *sedre- (“to be rare, to have wide intervals”).[2][3] By surface analysis, seyre- + -k. Cognates with Azerbaijani seyrək, Bashkir һирәк (hirək), Kazakh сирек (sirek), Kyrgyz сейрек (seyrek), Tatar сирәк (siräk), Turkmen seýrek, Uzbek siyrak.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sejˈɾec/
- Hyphenation: sey‧rek
Adjective
seyrek
- Having wide gaps between its pieces or matches; spaced out, scattered, thin.
- Occurring unfrequently; rare, scarce, uncommon.
Declension
| present tense | ||
|---|---|---|
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (I am) | seyreğim | seyrek miyim? |
| sen (you are) | seyreksin | seyrek misin? |
| o (he/she/it is) | seyrek / seyrek?ir | seyrek mi? |
| biz (we are) | seyreğiz | seyrek miyiz? |
| siz (you are) | seyreksiniz | seyrek misiniz? |
| onlar (they are) | seyrek(ler) | seyrek(ler) mi? |
| past tense | ||
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (I was) | seyrek?im | seyrek miydim? |
| sen (you were) | seyrek?in | seyrek miydin? |
| o (he/she/it was) | seyrek?i | seyrek miydi? |
| biz (we were) | seyrek?ik | seyrek miydik? |
| siz (you were) | seyrek?iniz | seyrek miydiniz? |
| onlar (they were) | seyrek?iler | seyrek miydiler? |
| indirect past | ||
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (I was) | seyrekmişim | seyrek miymişim? |
| sen (you were) | seyrekmişsin | seyrek miymişsin? |
| o (he/she/it was) | seyrekmiş | seyrek miymiş? |
| biz (we were) | seyrekmişiz | seyrek miymişiz? |
| siz (you were) | seyrekmişsiniz | seyrek miymişsiniz? |
| onlar (they were) | seyrekmişler | seyrek miymişler? |
| conditional | ||
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (if I) | seyreksem | seyrek miysem? |
| sen (if you) | seyreksen | seyrek miysen? |
| o (if he/she/it) | seyrekse | seyrek miyse? |
| biz (if we) | seyreksek | seyrek miysek? |
| siz (if you) | seyrekseniz | seyrek miyseniz? |
| onlar (if they) | seyrekseler | seyrek miyseler? |
For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.
Derived terms
- seyreklik
Related terms
- seyrekleşmek
- seyrelmek
- seyreltici
- seyreltik
- seyreltmek
Adverb
seyrek
- In an intermittent way; from time to time, rarely.
- Synonyms: arada sırada, nadiren, binde bir, bayramdan bayrama
References
- ^ Redhouse, James W. (1890) “سیرك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1101
- ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*sedre-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “seyrek”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “seyrek”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu