yavru
noun B1- baby, cub (young animal) · Kedimiz Mırnav, o sene dört yavru yavrulamıştı., Our cat Mırnav gave birth to four kittens that year.
- A child · Hiç bir anne yavrusunu ateşe atar mı?, Would a mother ever throw her child to the fire?
- baby (used to refer to an attractive person, most often female) · Gel buraya güzelim, yavruların yavrusu!, Come here my beauty, [sexy] baby!
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Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in yavrum.
The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: yavrusunda. 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: yavrusunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: yavrusuyla. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -su. After a vowel, y joins the ending: yavrusuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Words from it
From the library
Şarap değil yavrum!
Annesi şefkatli bir sesle mırıldanıyordu: “Vah yavrum, nasıl acıttın?
- Evet, bilemezsin yavrum.
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