kuru
adjective B1- dry, arid
- emaciated
- dried, desiccated, exsiccated, parched
- depleted
- without the accompany of other food
- skinny
- dry, bland, tasteless
- dry, monotone
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in kurum.
The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: kurusunda. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -su. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: kurusunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: kurusuyla. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -su. After a vowel, y joins the ending: kurusuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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Phrases
From the library
İşte bunun içindir ki Niyork veya Londra gecelerinde, kuru bir kemik parçasını, açlıktan gözü dönmüş köpeklerin ağzından kapmaya muhtaç kalan korkunç hayat düşkünlerine verilen fakir ismi Hindistan'da Ganj Nehri kenarında, nimmukaddes bir payenin unvanıdır; fakire merhamet, saadet ve felaketleri namer'u kuvvetlerin keyfine tâbi ve binaenaleyh her an refahtan düşmek tehlikesine maruz olanların meçhulâttan bir nevi istimdadıdır.
Alttaki büyük kapta su kaynar, üstteki küçük demlikte kuru çay bekler.
Water boils in the big pot at the bottom, and dry tea waits in the small teapot on top.
Özellikle rüzgarlı ve kuru günlerde evinizin pencerelerini kapalı tutmak çok faydalıdır.
Especially on windy and dry days, keeping the windows of your house closed is very beneficial.
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