tutsak
noun B2- prisoner
- slave
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe k of tutsak becomes ğ before a vowel: tutsağım. 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 tutsak becomes ğ before a vowel: tutsağında. 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: tutsağında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The k of tutsak becomes ğ before a vowel: tutsağıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: tutsağıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Words from it
From the library
Sahiplik kavramının aslında bizi nasıl da fark ettirmeden tutsak ettiğini, ancak o görünmez zincirleri kırdıktan sonra tüm çıplaklığıyla idrak edebildim.
I was only able to comprehend in all its nakedness how the concept of ownership actually enslaved us without us noticing, after breaking those invisible chains.
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