böcek
noun B1- bug, insect · Yemeğimde böcek var!, There's a bug in my food!
- any small invertebrate animal (such as worms, larvae and slugs)
- shellfish
- spiny lobster, rock lobster
- bug (A concealed electronic eavesdropping or intercept device)
- bug (A small and usually invisible file (traditionally a single-pixel image) on a World Wide Web page, primarily used to track users.)
- bug (A problem that needs fixing.)
- a member of the secret police in the Ottoman Empire
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Tap for its suffix chainThe k of böcek becomes ğ before a vowel: böceğim. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -im.
The last vowel, e, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
The k of böcek becomes ğ before a vowel: böceğinde. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -i. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: böceğinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
The k of böcek becomes ğ before a vowel: böceğiyle. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -i. After a vowel, y joins the ending: böceğiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
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From the library
Hiçbir ses, ne bir kuş, ne bir böcek bu sükûnet-nûşîn-i müterennimi ihlâl etmiyordu.
## Müthiş Bir Böcek
Gece, uykumun en derin yerinde, keskin bir ısırılışla fırladım.
Küçük böceğe dokunmadım ve çetin talihi, yavuz yürekliliği hakkında hayretle düşünceye daldım:
Hiç şüphe yok ki aslan bile, bu bir kahve damlası kadar küçük hayvanlardan daha çok cesur değildir.
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