akrep
noun B2- scorpion · Akrabanın akrabaya akrep etmez ettiğini., A relative does to you what even a scorpion would not. (Turkish proverb)
- hour hand
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Tap for its suffix chainThe p of akrep becomes b before a vowel: akrebim. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -im.
The last vowel, e, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
The p of akrep becomes b before a vowel: akrebinde. 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: akrebinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
The p of akrep becomes b before a vowel: akrebiyle. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -i. After a vowel, y joins the ending: akrebiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Taşların üzerine tilki, yaban domuzu, yılan ve akrep gibi hayvanlar oyulmuştur.
Animals such as foxes, wild boars, snakes and scorpions have been carved onto the stones.
Ne var ki bu sözde kusursuz muvazene, saatin hassas mekanizmasını o kadar yormuştu ki, devasa akrep ve yelkovan tamamen durmuş, zaman meydanda adeta donup kalmıştı.
However, this supposedly perfect equilibrium had exhausted the clock's delicate mechanism so much that the colossal hour and minute hands had completely stopped, and time had practically frozen still in the square.
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