delikanlı
noun B2- young man (an adolescent who recently got out of his childhood)
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Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in delikanlım.
The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: delikanlısında. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: delikanlısında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: delikanlısıyla. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: delikanlısıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Karagöz kalemi eline alıp, “ Hemen yazalım delikanlı, sen söyle ben kağıda dökeyim,” diye karşılık verdi.
Karagöz took the pen in his hand and replied, "Let's write it right away, young man, you speak and I'll put it on paper."
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