on sekizinci
adjective- eighteenth
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in on sekizincim.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: on sekizincisinde. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: on sekizincisinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: on sekizincisiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: on sekizincisiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Onun modern hikayesi, on sekizinci yüzyılın sonlarında İstanbul'da başladı.
Its modern story began in Istanbul in the late eighteenth century.
On sekizinci yüzyıla gelindiğinde ise, Lale Devri'nin renkli ve hareketli günlerini yansıtan ünlü ressam Levni, bu yüzyıllık katı kalıplara yepyeni ve yumuşak bir soluk getirir.
When it came to the eighteenth century, however, the famous painter Levni, who reflected the colorful and lively days of the Tulip Era, brought a brand new and soft breath to these centuries-old rigid molds.
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