ima
noun B2- hint
- implication
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in imam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: imasında. 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: imasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: imasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: imasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Phrases
From the library
Bir "meçhul", bir "sır" insana ne kadar ıztırap verir; bâhusus masum bir iman da olursa...
Kimi zaman, çevirmenin en iyi niyetli ve dikkatli çabalarına rağmen, diplomatik metinlerdeki o çok ince imalar boşlukta kaybolup gidiyordu.
Sometimes, despite the translator's most well-intentioned and careful efforts, those very subtle implications in diplomatic texts would get lost in the void.
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