haki
noun C1- khaki green
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in hakim.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: hakisinde. 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: hakisinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: hakisiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: hakisiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
O gün mahkemede hakim Nasreddin Hoca'ydı.
That day, the judge in the court was Nasreddin Hodja.
Aylin, evin zamanla yıpranmış tahta kapısına şefkatle dokunurken duygulanıp gözyaşlarına hakim olamadı.
While Aylin affectionately touched the house's wooden door worn by time, she got emotional and couldn't hold back her tears.
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