zirve
noun B1- mountaintop, peak, summit, head, pinnacle, the highest point of a mountain, hill, or similar geographical feature
- apex, vertex, peak, the highest or the greatest part of something, especially if forming a point
- summit, an assembly or gathering of leaders to discuss issues of international significance
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in zirvem.
The last vowel, e, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: zirvesinde. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: zirvesinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: zirvesiyle. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: zirvesiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
## Seher
Ağaçların seherî zirvesinde titreşiyor
Tuyûr-ı fâniye-i âlem-i tahayyül ü hâb.
Yaprak ateş oldu, kuş da yakut;
Yaprakla kuşun parıltısından
Havzun suyu erguvana döndü
## Süvari
Şu bakır zirvelerin ardından
Bir süvâri geliyor kan rengi.
Torosların rüzgarlı zirvelerinde yankılanan sürü çanları, geçmişten geleceğe uzanan o görkemli kültürün silinmez melodisi olmaya şimdilik devam ediyor.
The herd bells echoing on the windy peaks of the Taurus Mountains continue for now to be the indelible melody of that magnificent culture extending from the past to the future.
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