hamsi
noun C1- European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus)
- anchovy
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in hamsim.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: hamsisinde. 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: hamsisinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: hamsisiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: hamsisiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Nitekim kışın bol miktarda avlanan hamsi tavada kızartılır, pilava katılır, hatta mısır unuyla karıştırılıp ekmeğe bile dönüştürülür.
Indeed, hamsi, caught in large quantities in winter, is fried in a pan, added to rice, and even mixed with cornmeal and turned into bread.
Bu dönem, bölge halkı için her yıl büyük bir heyecanla beklenen hamsi sezonunun başlangıcıdır.
This period is the beginning of the anchovy season, which is awaited with great excitement by the people of the region every year.
Sabahın ilk ışıklarıyla birlikte limana yanaşan tekneler, kasalar dolusu taze ve parlak hamsiyle dönerler.
The boats approaching the port with the first lights of the morning return with crates full of fresh and shiny anchovies.
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