hile
noun B2- deceit, ruse, trick
- adulteration (with the intent of deceiving buyers)
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in hilem.
The last vowel, e, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: hilesinde. 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: hilesinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: hilesiyle. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: hilesiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
Words from it
From the library
Hepsi iki kat bir rükû vaziyetinde,ölüm korkusuyla benizleri sararmış, yalnız hile, yalnız fesat, yalnız fitne düşünüyorlar; şeytanların bile aldanacağı yalanlar, iftiralar uydurarak birbirlerinin kanlarını içiyorlardı.
Çevirmen, yazarın kurduğu o kusursuz dengeyi korumak için İngilizcede farklı sözcük oyunlarına veya yapısal hilelere başvurmak zorunda kalır.
The translator has to resort to different wordplays or structural tricks in English to preserve that perfect balance established by the author.
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