sarf
noun B2- expenditure; consumption
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe 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 last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: sarfında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: sarfıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Beynimiz, akıllı telefonun o anı bizim yerimize kendi donanımına kazıdığına inanarak, çevredeki önemli detayları işlemek için çok daha az zihinsel çaba sarf etmektedir.
Believing that the smartphone etches that moment into its own hardware instead of us, our brain exerts much less mental effort to process important details in the environment.
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