mahcup
adjective C1- embarrassed, ashamed
- timid, mousy, shy
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Tap for its suffix chain mahcupembarrassed
ummy
The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “my” ending is -um.
mahcupembarrassed
larplural
The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
mahcupembarrassed
uhis/her
ndain/at
The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: mahcupunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
mahcupembarrassed
uhis/her
ylawith/by
The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After a vowel, y joins the ending: mahcupuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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Her sabah, samit bir haile çehresiyle karşıma çıkan dilenci, şüphesiz, hesabın henüz tesadüfe galebe etmediği bir âlemde yaşadığını biliyordu ve hudutsuz bir saffet ve gaflet denizi içinde, merhametli giranbaha inciler şeklinde, kolayca avlanmaktan zerre kadar mahcup görünmüyordu.
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