harabe
noun C1- ruin · şehrin harabesi, the ruins of the city
- a dilapidated building
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in harabem.
The last vowel, e, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: harabesinde. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: harabesinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: harabesiyle. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: harabesiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Pek çok yazar ve düşünür, şehrin sakinlerinin ortaklaşa taşıdığı bu duyguyu, harabeler ve anılar arasında gizlenmiş estetik bir güzellik bulma çabası olarak tanımlamaktadır.
Many writers and thinkers define this feeling, shared collectively by the city's residents, as an effort to find an aesthetic beauty hidden among ruins and memories.
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