donuk
adjective C1- frozen
- not reflecting light, matte, dull
- lifeless (eye) · donuk gözleri odanın bir köşesine kilitlenmişti, his lifeless eyes were focused on a corner of the room
- lacking social energy
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “my” ending is -um.
The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
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: donukunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After a vowel, y joins the ending: donukuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Onun ince fırçasından çıkan kadın ve erkek tasvirleri, önceki yüzyılların donuk ve kuralcı duruşundan sıyrılıp çok daha doğal, esnek ve insani bir ifade kazanmıştır.
The depictions of women and men coming from his fine brush broke away from the dull and rule-bound stance of previous centuries and gained a much more natural, flexible, and human expression.
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