kiremit

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish كرمید (kiremid, “rooftile”), itself from Byzantine Greek κεραμίδι (keramídi), from Ancient Greek κερᾰμῐ́δῐον (keramídion, “small tile”).

Noun

kiremit (definite accusative kiremidi, plural kiremitler)

1. rooftile, a tile put on a roof to keep out rain or snow

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	kiremit
Definite accusative	kiremidi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kiremit	kiremitler
Definite accusative	kiremidi	kiremitleri
Dative	kiremide	kiremitlere
Locative	kiremitte	kiremitlerde
Ablative	kiremitten	kiremitlerden
Genitive	kiremidin	kiremitlerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular kiremidim kiremitlerim 2nd singular kiremidin kiremitlerin 3rd singular kiremidi kiremitleri 1st plural kiremidimiz kiremitlerimiz 2nd plural kiremidiniz kiremitleriniz 3rd plural kiremitleri kiremitleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular kiremidimi kiremitlerimi 2nd singular kiremidini kiremitlerini 3rd singular kiremidini kiremitlerini 1st plural kiremidimizi kiremitlerimizi 2nd plural kiremidinizi kiremitlerinizi 3rd plural kiremitlerini kiremitlerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular kiremidime kiremitlerime 2nd singular kiremidine kiremitlerine 3rd singular kiremidine kiremitlerine 1st plural kiremidimize kiremitlerimize 2nd plural kiremidinize kiremitlerinize 3rd plural kiremitlerine kiremitlerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular kiremidimde kiremitlerimde 2nd singular kiremidinde kiremitlerinde 3rd singular kiremidinde kiremitlerinde 1st plural kiremidimizde kiremitlerimizde 2nd plural kiremidinizde kiremitlerinizde 3rd plural kiremitlerinde kiremitlerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular kiremidimden kiremitlerimden 2nd singular kiremidinden kiremitlerinden 3rd singular kiremidinden kiremitlerinden 1st plural kiremidimizden kiremitlerimizden 2nd plural kiremidinizden kiremitlerinizden 3rd plural kiremitlerinden kiremitlerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular kiremidimin kiremitlerimin 2nd singular kiremidinin kiremitlerinin 3rd singular kiremidinin kiremitlerinin 1st plural kiremidimizin kiremitlerimizin 2nd plural kiremidinizin kiremitlerinizin 3rd plural kiremitlerinin kiremitlerinin

Derived terms

• kiremit aktarmak
• kiremit düzeni
• kiremit fabrikası
• kiremit harmanı
• kiremit kaplamak
• kiremit kebabı
• kiremit ocağı
• kiremit rengi
• kiremit tozu
• kiremitçi
• kiremithane
• kiremitli
• kiremitlik
• kiremitsi

 

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “kiremit”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2682
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kiremit”, in Nişanyan Sözlük