dıb
/dɯb/
1. drip; drip-drip — Imitates the sound of falling drops. Usually doubled, and used with a form of derge or eterge. With degen bir it means a single drop, a tiny bit.
- tamçıla dıb-dıb etedile — the drops go drip-drip
- suw dıb-dıb deb tamadı — the water is dripping, drip-drip
- dıb-dıb deb ağarğa — to flow drip-drip; to drip with a ringing sound
- dıb degen birni — a single drop; the merest bit
2. a peep; the slightest sound — Nearly always used with a negated form of derge, about keeping or being kept silent.
- dıb deme! — not a peep out of you!
- dıb da demedi — he did not make a peep
- dıb demezge — to not make a peep
- dıb demey tururğa — to keep silent
- dıb deçi bir! — just try making a peep!
- dıb etdirmezge — to not let someone make a peep