sersem

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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سرسم (sersem).

Adjective

sersem

  1. stupid
  2. moron

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سرسم (sersem), from Persian سرسام (sarsâm, “brain inflamation, brain tumor”), combination of Persian سر (sar, “head”) and Persian سام (sâm, “fever”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sersem

  1. stunned; stupefied; unconscious
  2. (figurative, by extension) giddy, foolish, silly

Declension

Predicative forms of sersem
present tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I am) sersemim sersem miyim?
sen (you are) sersemsin sersem misin?
o (he/she/it is) sersem / sersemdir sersem mi?
biz (we are) sersemiz sersem miyiz?
siz (you are) sersemsiniz sersem misiniz?
onlar (they are) sersem(ler) sersem(ler) mi?
past tense
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) sersemdim sersem miydim?
sen (you were) sersemdin sersem miydin?
o (he/she/it was) sersemdi sersem miydi?
biz (we were) sersemdik sersem miydik?
siz (you were) sersemdiniz sersem miydiniz?
onlar (they were) sersemdiler sersem miydiler?
indirect past
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (I was) sersemmişim sersem miymişim?
sen (you were) sersemmişsin sersem miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was) sersemmiş sersem miymiş?
biz (we were) sersemmişiz sersem miymişiz?
siz (you were) sersemmişsiniz sersem miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were) sersemmişler sersem miymişler?
conditional
positive declarative positive interrogative
ben (if I) sersemsem sersem miysem?
sen (if you) sersemsen sersem miysen?
o (if he/she/it) sersemse sersem miyse?
biz (if we) sersemsek sersem miysek?
siz (if you) sersemseniz sersem miyseniz?
onlar (if they) sersemseler sersem miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “sersem”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

  • “sersem”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
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