denizci
noun B2- sailor, marine
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in denizcim.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: denizcisinde. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: denizcisinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: denizcisiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: denizcisiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Gelibolu'da yetişen Piri Reis, gençliğini ünlü denizci amcası Kemal Reis'in gemilerinde geçirerek Akdeniz'i karış karış tanıdı.
Piri Reis, who grew up in Gallipoli, spent his youth on the ships of his famous seafaring uncle Kemal Reis and came to know every inch of the Mediterranean.
Kanuni Sultan Süleyman'a 1526'da sunulan genişletilmiş nüshası, denizcilere hangi limanda nereye demir atılacağını bile gösterir.
Its expanded copy, presented to Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent in 1526, even shows sailors where to drop anchor in each harbor.
Rehberimiz bize denizcilerin orada nasıl yaşadığını uzun uzun anlattı.
Our guide explained to us at great length how the sailors lived there.
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