arpa
noun C1- barley
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Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in arpam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: arpasında. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: arpasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: arpasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: arpasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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From the library
Torbalara arpa koymak, yemliklere ot doldurmak, gübreleri kaldırmak eğlenceli bir oyundan ziyade, bizim hoşumuza gidiyordu.
Tarımın gelişimiyle birlikte yerleşik hayata tam anlamıyla geçen bu insanlar, buğday ve arpa yetiştiriyor, aynı zamanda koyun gibi hayvanları evcilleştiriyorlardı.
These people, who fully transitioned to settled life with the development of agriculture, were growing wheat and barley, and at the same time domesticating animals like sheep.
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