kuşatma
noun C1- siege
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Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in kuşatmam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: kuşatmasında. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: kuşatmasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: kuşatmasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: kuşatmasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Böylece kuraklık veya kuşatma zamanlarında bile şehrin merkezinde asla su sıkıntısı yaşanmazdı.
Thus, even in times of drought or siege, a water shortage was never experienced in the center of the city.
Sürekli büyümeyi ve daha fazla tüketmeyi dayatan hızlı ekonomi, yavaş şehirlerin etrafında adeta görünmez bir kuşatma hattı oluşturmaktadır.
The fast economy, which imposes continuous growth and more consumption, forms an almost invisible siege line around slow cities.
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