leylek
noun C1- stork, any large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the family Ciconiidae
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Tap for its suffix chainThe k of leylek becomes ğ before a vowel: leyleğim. 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 k of leylek becomes ğ before a vowel: leyleğinde. 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: leyleğinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
The k of leylek becomes ğ before a vowel: leyleğiyle. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -i. After a vowel, y joins the ending: leyleğiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
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