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English
Noun
elim (plural elims)
- (sports) Abbreviation of elimination.
Akolet
Noun
elim
- woman
Further reading
Nzadi
Noun
elim (plural elim)
- The African brown knifefish.
Further reading
- Crane, Thera, Larry Hyman, Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi : a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, →ISBN
Turkish
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
elim
- first-person singular possessive singular of el
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish الیم (elim), from Arabic أَلِيم (ʔalīm).
Adjective
elim (dated)
- painful
- sad, grievous
Declension
Predicative forms of elim
| present tense
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positive declarative
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positive interrogative
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| ben (I am)
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elimim
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elim miyim?
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| sen (you are)
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elimsin
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elim misin?
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| o (he/she/it is)
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elim / elimdir
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elim mi?
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| biz (we are)
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elimiz
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elim miyiz?
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| siz (you are)
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elimsiniz
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elim misiniz?
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| onlar (they are)
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elim(ler)
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elim(ler) mi?
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| past tense
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positive declarative
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positive interrogative
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| ben (I was)
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elimdim
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elim miydim?
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| sen (you were)
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elimdin
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elim miydin?
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| o (he/she/it was)
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elimdi
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elim miydi?
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| biz (we were)
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elimdik
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elim miydik?
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| siz (you were)
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elimdiniz
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elim miydiniz?
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| onlar (they were)
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elimdiler
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elim miydiler?
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| indirect past
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positive declarative
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positive interrogative
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| ben (I was)
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elimmişim
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elim miymişim?
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| sen (you were)
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elimmişsin
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elim miymişsin?
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| o (he/she/it was)
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elimmiş
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elim miymiş?
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| biz (we were)
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elimmişiz
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elim miymişiz?
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| siz (you were)
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elimmişsiniz
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elim miymişsiniz?
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| onlar (they were)
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elimmişler
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elim miymişler?
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| conditional
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positive declarative
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positive interrogative
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| ben (if I)
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elimsem
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elim miysem?
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| sen (if you)
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elimsen
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elim miysen?
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| o (if he/she/it)
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elimse
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elim miyse?
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| biz (if we)
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elimsek
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elim miysek?
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| siz (if you)
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elimseniz
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elim miyseniz?
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| onlar (if they)
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elimseler
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elim miyseler?
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For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.
References
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “elim”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “الیم”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 192
- Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN