Breakdown of Yarıktan geçen damar kuvarstan ibaret.
geçmek
to pass / to cross / to shift (into a gear)
ibaret
composed of / consisting of
yarık
crevice
damar
vein (geological)
Questions & Answers about Yarıktan geçen damar kuvarstan ibaret.
The lesson mentions '-DAn ibaret olmak', but there is no 'olmak' here. Why?
In this sentence, ibaret acts as the predicate and the 'to be' verb is implied. You could write it formally as kuvarstan ibarettir, but in everyday Turkish, the third-person copula suffix (-tir or -dir) is often dropped.
Why is the ablative case used on kuvars (kuvarstan)?
The word ibaret (composed of / consisting of) strictly requires the preceding noun to take the ablative case (-DAn). You can think of it literally as 'consisting from quartz.'
Why is yarık (crevice) in the ablative case (yarıktan) if the vein is passing through it, not from it?
The verb geçmek (to pass) requires the ablative case (-DAn) when expressing the route you take, meaning to pass through, across, or via a place. Thus, yarıktan geçen means 'passing through the crevice.'
What is the exact function of geçen here?
It uses the subject participle suffix -(y)An to turn the verb geçmek (to pass) into an adjective modifying damar (vein). Because the vein is the subject doing the passing, we use -An, making yarıktan geçen damar translate to 'the vein that passes through the crevice.'