kaba
adjective B2- rude; coarse, unrefined; vulgar
- swollen, large
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in kabam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: kabasında. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: kabasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: kabasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: kabasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Words from it
From the library
Koridorda Kerem'in selamlarını duymazlıktan gelmesinin sebebi kaba olması değil, sadece sesleri iyi duyamamasıydı.
The reason he ignored Kerem's greetings in the hallway was not that he was rude, but simply that he couldn't hear sounds well.
Özellikle kış aylarında, gardırobumda bıraktığım o tek kalın kabanın yetersiz kaldığı soğuk günlerde eski eşyalarımın sunduğu lüksü derinden özledim.
Especially in the winter months, on cold days when that single thick coat I kept in my wardrobe fell short, I deeply missed the luxury offered by my old belongings.
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