herif
noun B2- comrade, colleague
- A term of unspecific contempt for a generally (but not exclusively) unfamiliar male person, implying distrust or lack of refinement, somewhat similar to oaf or wanker
- man of the house, husband
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chain herifcomrade
immy
The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -im.
herifcomrade
lerplural
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
herifcomrade
ihis/her
ndein/at
The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -i. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: herifinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
herifcomrade
ihis/her
ylewith/by
The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -i. After a vowel, y joins the ending: herifiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Padişah, onun böyle nâdan bir herifle yaşamak azabına da katlandığını görünce ümitsizleniyor, hasekiler çıkararak daha nâdan mahluklar arattırıyor, fakat Eşek Hasan'dan beterini bulduramıyordu.
...Bir sabah, Köse Vezir, bu koca herifin hüngür hüngür ağladığını gördü.
Yalnız sadrazamına, o nâdan herifin yaptığı ölümden beter şeyin ne olduğunu bilmek istiyordu.
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