geçim
noun B2- livelihood, subsistence, living, bread and butter
- compatibility, understanding
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: geçiminde. 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: geçimiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Eskiden Bodrum halkının en önemli geçim kaynağı sünger avcılığıydı.
In the past, the most important source of income for the people of Bodrum was sponge diving.
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