akıncı
noun B2- raider, commando (special forces operative)
- A soldier that is a member of the Akinji division of the Janissaries in the Ottoman army.
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in akıncım.
The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: akıncısında. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: akıncısında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: akıncısıyla. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: akıncısıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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