dayanak
noun C1- something to lean on
- support, something that supports
- support, base, basis · argümanının hiç dayanağı yok, his argument does not have any basis
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Tap for its suffix chainThe k of dayanak becomes ğ before a vowel: dayanağım. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The k of dayanak becomes ğ before a vowel: dayanağında. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: dayanağında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The k of dayanak becomes ğ before a vowel: dayanağıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: dayanağıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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