saman
noun C1- hay, straw
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: samanında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: samanıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Phrases
From the library
Bir varmış, bir yokmuş, evvel zaman içinde, kalbur saman içinde, Keloğlan adında bir genç yaşarmış.
Once upon a time, long ago, when the sieve was in the straw, there lived a young man called Keloğlan.
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