tohum
noun B2- seed (fertilized grain) · tohum zarı, pericarp
- lineage, origins, ancestors
- cause of an event · nifak tohumu ekmek, to sow discord among
- spermatozoon
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “my” ending is -um.
The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: tohumunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After a vowel, y joins the ending: tohumuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Phrases
From the library
Ancak bireysel tercihlere dayanan bu keskin ayrım, semt sakinlerinin günlük yaşamında içinden çıkılması giderek imkânsızlaşan bir toplumsal karmaşanın tohumlarını da yavaş yavaş ekiyordu.
However, this sharp distinction based on individual preferences was slowly sowing the seeds of a social chaos in the daily lives of the neighborhood residents, from which it was becoming increasingly impossible to escape.
Bu bitkiler kendi başlarına pek yaşayamaz, çünkü tohumlarını dağıtamazlar; fakat insanlar tarafından toplanıp ertesi yıl ekilirlerse durum değişir.
These plants can hardly survive on their own, because they cannot spread their seeds; but if people gather them and sow them the next year, things change.
Bilim insanları, insanların bu tür bitkilerin tohumlarını farkında olmadan seçe seçe, yüzyıllar içinde yeni bir buğday türü yarattığını düşünüyor.
Scientists think that by choosing the seeds of such plants again and again without realizing it, people created a new kind of wheat over the centuries.
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