ekim
noun A2- October
- the act of sowing, planting
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -im.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -i. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: ekiminde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -i. After a vowel, y joins the ending: ekimiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Ekim sonunun o kısa, kurşuni günlerinden birinde, akşam henüz çökmemişken, Üsküdar'ın eski bir mahallesinin dik ve dar sokaklarına ilk damlalar düşmeye başladı.
On one of those short, leaden days at the end of October, before evening had quite fallen, the first drops began to fall on the steep, narrow streets of an old neighborhood in Üsküdar.
Tarihi surların gölgesinde çalışan bostancılar, atalarından öğrendikleri kadim sulama ve ekim tekniklerini modern dünyanın dayatmalarına rağmen yaşatmaya gayret etmektedir.
The gardeners working in the shadow of the historical city walls strive to keep alive the ancient irrigation and planting techniques they learned from their ancestors, despite the impositions of the modern world.
Her yıl ekim ayının son günlerinde büyük bir özenle tekrarlanan bu kapanış merasimi, onun için hem hüzünlü hem de ruhunu dinlendiren özel bir ritüeldi.
This closing ceremony, repeated with great care in the last days of October every year, was a special ritual for him that was both melancholic and soothing to his soul.
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