klan
noun C1- tribal community (primitive community descended from a common ancestor, living in a common territory, sharing a common name and subject to the authority of a single chieftain)
- clan (traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain)
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chain klantribal community
ımmy
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
klantribal community
larplural
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
klantribal community
ıhis/her
ndain/at
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: klanında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
klantribal community
ıhis/her
ylawith/by
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: klanıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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