imiş

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See also: imis

Azerbaijani

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Etymology

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From i- +‎ -miş.

Participle

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imiş

  1. subject past participle of *imək (to be)

Verb

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imiş

  1. third-person singular present perfect of *imək (to be)

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Turkish *imek (to be (auxiliary verb)) +‎ -miş, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *ermiĺ.

Verb

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imiş

  1. was, were (auxiliary verb of a type of past tense)

Usage notes

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It is used only in nouns. Sometimes it can be combined with the word before it, and if combined, the letter i is dropped. If the word before it ends with a vowel sound, the i is replaced by a consonant y. For example:

  • öyle (like that) +‎ -imiş = öyleymiş ((I guess) he/she/it was like that or (I heard that) he/she/it is/was like that) or öyle (like that) +‎ -imiş = öyle imiş ((I guess) he/she/it was like that or (I heard that) he/she/it is/was like that).
  • çocuk (child) +‎ -imiş = çocukmuş ((I guess) he/she/it was a child or (I heard that) he/she/it is/was a child) or çocuk imiş ((I guess) he/she/it was a child or (I heard that) he/she/it is/was a child).