ballı
adjective C1- honeyed (containing honey)
- lucky · Ulan, ne ballı adamsın, var ya!, Bro, you're so fucking lucky!
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in ballım.
The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: ballısında. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: ballısında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: ballısıyla. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: ballısıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
gibi yağlı ballı hulûslar savurarak geçip gidiyorlardı.
Annem benim için sürekli limonlu ve ballı çay hazırlıyor.
My mother is constantly making lemon and honey tea for me.
Learn ballı in real texts
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