sokak
noun A2- street, alley
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe k of sokak becomes ğ before a vowel: sokağım. The 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 k of sokak becomes ğ before a vowel: sokağında. 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: sokağında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The k of sokak becomes ğ before a vowel: sokağıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: sokağıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Phrases
From the library
«Şuradan sap, soluna ilk gelen sokağa gir.
Geçer boş sokaktan, hayalet gibi,
İtaban u puşide-ser bir sabi;
O dem leyl-i yadımda, solgun, tebah,
Surur bir kadın bir rıda-yı siyah
Saçaklarda kuşlar -hazindir bu pek!
Öter guş-ı ruhumda boş bir enin,
Boğuk bir tezad-ı sukun u tanın;
Küçük, pür heves, gevherin katreler
Sokaklarda, damlarda pür ihtizaz
Olur muttasıl nevha-ger, nağme-saz
Sokaklarda, damlarda pür ihtizaz
Küçük, pür heves, gevherin katreler...
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