serpinti

serpinti

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish سرپندی‎ (serpindi, “any thing slightly sprinkled or scattered about, a slight rain, sleet or snow, the unexpected ill effects of a remote cause”)[1], alternatively سرپنتی‎ (serpinti), from Ottoman Turkish سرپنمك‎ (serpinmek, “to sprinkle over one's self, to sprinkle slightly”), from Ottoman Turkish سرپمك‎ (serpmek, “to sprinkle slightly, to scatter, (of rain) to fall in a sprinkle”), from Proto-Turkic *sep- (“to scatter, to sprinkle”)[2][3], morphologically serp- +‎ -in- +‎ -ti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɾ.pinˈti/
• Hyphenation: ser‧pin‧ti

Noun

serpinti (definite accusative serpintiyi, plural serpintiler)

1. The part of something that scatters or sprinkles about; fallout.

   Synonyms: saçıntı, döküntü

2. (of rain or snow) To sprinkle or fall in small particles; drizzle, spray.
3. (figuratively) The gradually diminishing aftereffects of something; fallout.

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	serpinti
Definite accusative	serpintiyi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	serpinti	serpintiler
Definite accusative	serpintiyi	serpintileri
Dative	serpintiye	serpintilere
Locative	serpintide	serpintilerde
Ablative	serpintiden	serpintilerden
Genitive	serpintinin	serpintilerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular serpintim serpintilerim 2nd singular serpintin serpintilerin 3rd singular serpintisi serpintileri 1st plural serpintimiz serpintilerimiz 2nd plural serpintiniz serpintileriniz 3rd plural serpintileri serpintileri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular serpintimi serpintilerimi 2nd singular serpintini serpintilerini 3rd singular serpintisini serpintilerini 1st plural serpintimizi serpintilerimizi 2nd plural serpintinizi serpintilerinizi 3rd plural serpintilerini serpintilerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular serpintime serpintilerime 2nd singular serpintine serpintilerine 3rd singular serpintisine serpintilerine 1st plural serpintimize serpintilerimize 2nd plural serpintinize serpintilerinize 3rd plural serpintilerine serpintilerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular serpintimde serpintilerimde 2nd singular serpintinde serpintilerinde 3rd singular serpintisinde serpintilerinde 1st plural serpintimizde serpintilerimizde 2nd plural serpintinizde serpintilerinizde 3rd plural serpintilerinde serpintilerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular serpintimden serpintilerimden 2nd singular serpintinden serpintilerinden 3rd singular serpintisinden serpintilerinden 1st plural serpintimizden serpintilerimizden 2nd plural serpintinizden serpintilerinizden 3rd plural serpintilerinden serpintilerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular serpintimin serpintilerimin 2nd singular serpintinin serpintilerinin 3rd singular serpintisinin serpintilerinin 1st plural serpintimizin serpintilerimizin 2nd plural serpintinizin serpintilerinizin 3rd plural serpintilerinin serpintilerinin

Related terms

• sepelemek
• sepken
• serpelemek
• serpilmek

 

References

1. Redhouse, James W. (1890), “سرپندی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1050
2. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*sep-”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
3. Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “serp-”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

Further reading

• serpinti in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu