imek

From Ottoman Turkish ایمك‎ (imek, “to be”), from Proto-Turkic *er- (“to be (aux.)”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰼‎ (er-, “to be”), Yakut эр (er, “to be”).

imek

1. (auxiliary, defective) to be

• The verb has no conjugation, not used outside of its inherited derivatives, see related terms.

• idi (“was”): from Proto-Turkic *er-ti (“was”), equivalent to inflection with -di (“past tense marker”)
• imiş (“was, apparently was”): from Proto-Turkic *er-miĺ (“was”), equivalent to inflection with -miş (“evidential past tense marker”)
• ise (“if, if it is”): from Proto-Turkic *er-ser (“if”), equivalent to inflection with -se (“conditional mood marker”)
• idük: from Proto-Turkic *er-tük, equivalent to inflection with -dik
• (probably) iken (“when, while, meantime”)