tik
noun C1- tic (movement)
- tic (mannerism)
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Tap for its suffix chainThe k of tik becomes ğ before a vowel: tiğim. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -im.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
The k of tik becomes ğ before a vowel: tiğinde. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -i. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: tiğinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
The k of tik becomes ğ before a vowel: tiğiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -i. After a vowel, y joins the ending: tiğiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Kırık bir zembereği yenisiyle değiştirdiği anda, saat aniden neşeyle çalışmaya ve tik tak etmeye başladı.
The moment she replaced a broken mainspring with a new one, the watch suddenly started working and ticking joyfully.
Şinasi Usta'nın sadık müşterileri için bir dakikanın uzunluğu, dış dünyadaki mekanik tik- taklarla değil, insanın iç dünyasındaki ritimle, kalp atışlarıyla ve hatıraların yoğunluğuyla ölçülürdü.
For Master Şinasi's loyal customers, the length of a minute was measured not by the mechanical tick-tocks in the outside world, but by the rhythm, heartbeats, and intensity of memories in a person's inner world.
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