uyku
noun A2- sleep, nap
- sleepiness
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in uykum.
The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: uykusunda. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -su. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: uykusunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: uykusuyla. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -su. After a vowel, y joins the ending: uykusuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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Phrases
From the library
Tam yüz beş gece gözüme uyku girmedi.
## Müthiş Bir Böcek
Gece, uykumun en derin yerinde, keskin bir ısırılışla fırladım.
Derin uykularda görülen rabıtasız rüyalar gibi şehzadeliği, lalası gözünün önüne geldi.
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