dede
noun B1- grandfather
- A male hereditary priest in the Alevi religion.
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in dedem.
The last vowel, e, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: dedesinde. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: dedesinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: dedesiyle. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: dedesiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
Words from it
From the library
Dedeme ve komşulara çok selam söyle.
Give my best to Grandpa and the neighbors.
Gül hafta sonu dedesini ziyaret ediyor.
Gül visits her grandfather on the weekend.
Dedesi ondan bir Türk kahvesi istiyor.
Her grandfather asks her for a Turkish coffee.
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