ipek böceği
noun- silkworm
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in ipek böceğim.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: ipek böceğisinde. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: ipek böceğisinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: ipek böceğisiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: ipek böceğisiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
On beşinci yüzyılda inşa edilen bu muazzam yapı, ipek böceği kozalarının sergilendiği ve satıldığı yerdi.
Built in the fifteenth century, this magnificent structure was the place where silkworm cocoons were displayed and sold.
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