ironi
noun C1- irony (statement that may mean the opposite of what is written literally)
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in ironim.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: ironisinde. 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: ironisinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: ironisiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: ironisiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Mekanik bir uzlaşmanın getirdiği bu mutlak hareketsizlik, hayata dair en büyük ironiyi gözler önüne seriyor, zamanı zapt etmeye çalışmanın aslında onu öldürmek anlamına geldiğini fısıldıyordu.
This absolute immobility brought about by a mechanical compromise laid bare the greatest irony of life, whispering that trying to capture time actually meant killing it.
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