ney
noun B2- An endblown flute made by hollowing out and tempering a giant reed (Arundo donax), used mainly in Persian, Arabian, Turkish and Mevlevi Sufi music.
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chain neystem
immy
The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -im.
neystem
lerplural
The last vowel, e, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
neystem
ihis/her
ndein/at
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: neyinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
neystem
ihis/her
ylewith/by
The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -i. After a vowel, y joins the ending: neyiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
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— Neyi be?
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