eski
noun A1- old (people who are old; old beings; the older generation, taken as a group)
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Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in eskim.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: eskisinde. 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: eskisinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: eskisiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: eskisiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
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Eskiden üstad herkesçe musaddak ehliyetlere verilen büyük bir pâyenin ismiydi.
Eskisi gibi sağdan sola selamlar saçıyor ve mukabilini de bekliyordu.
Ağaçların tozlu yapraklarını, kayalar üzerinde durup soluyan kertenkeleleri, denizin kirli suları altında cam kırıklarını, paslı tenekeleri, eski pabuç nâşlarını seyretmenin ne kadar çabuk ruha kesel verdiğini tecrübe etmeyen var mı?
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