sabi
noun C1- little child
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in sabim.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: sabisinde. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: sabisinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: sabisiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: sabisiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Geçer boş sokaktan, hayalet gibi,
İtaban u puşide-ser bir sabi;
O dem leyl-i yadımda, solgun, tebah,
Surur bir kadın bir rıda-yı siyah
Saçaklarda kuşlar -hazindir bu pek!
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