susamak

From Ottoman Turkish صوسامق (ṣusamaḳ, “to be or become thirsty, to thirst”),^[1] from Proto-Turkic *sub (“water”),^[2] with the suffix *-sa,^[3] morphologically su (“water”) +‎ -sa- (“derives verbs from nouns and adjectives”) +‎ -mak.^[4][5] Cognate with Azerbaijani susamaq, Turkmen suwsamak, Uzbek suvsamoq.

• IPA^(key): /su.saˈmak/
• Hyphenation: su‧sa‧mak

susamak (third-person singular simple present susar)

1. (intransitive) To feel the need to drink water, to be thirsty, to thirst.
2. (intransitive, figuratively, by extension, with dative) To strongly want something lacking, to long for, to pine for.

   Ekonomi, onların sahip olduğu becerilere susamıştı. ― The economy longed for the skills they possessed.

   Takım sekiz yıldan beri şampiyonluğa susamıştı. ― The team had been thirsty for a championship for eight years.

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