ova
noun C1- plain, grassy plain, lowland
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in ovam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: ovasında. 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: ovasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: ovasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: ovasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Words from it
From the library
Karac'oğlan, düz ovalar.
Bugün Anadolu'nun bozkırlarında yolculuk eden biri, ıssız bir ovanın ortasında birden yükselen, kale görünümlü taş yapılara rastladığında şaşırmadan edemez.
Anyone traveling across the steppes of Anatolia today cannot help being surprised on coming upon fortress-like stone buildings that rise suddenly in the middle of a desolate plain.
Tepenin hemen altında çok geniş ve düz bir ova bulunur.
Right beneath the hill, there is a very wide and flat plain.
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