cila
noun C1- A mixture used to give shine to wooden, metallic, leather etc. objects; polish, luster.
- The state of having shine, lustre.
- A fake and deceptive appearance; varnish, false front.
- Unnecessarily or excessively showy appearance.
- A softer liquor drunk after a hard liquor.
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in cilam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: cilasında. 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: cilasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: cilasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: cilasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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