kuyruk
noun B2- tail, the caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus · Arık, zayıf bir buzağı kuyruğunu sallayarak gidiyordu., A thin calf was walking around wagging its tail.
- queue, a line of people, vehicles or other objects, usually one to be dealt with in sequence
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Tap for its suffix chainThe k of kuyruk becomes ğ before a vowel: kuyruğum. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “my” ending is -um.
The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
The k of kuyruk becomes ğ before a vowel: kuyruğunda. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: kuyruğunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The k of kuyruk becomes ğ before a vowel: kuyruğuyla. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After a vowel, y joins the ending: kuyruğuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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Phrases
- kırlangıç kuyruğu dovetail, culvertail, a type of joint where adjoining com...
- kuyruk acısı the desire to take revenge on someone for their wrongdoings
- kuyruk kemiği synonym of kuyruk sokumu
- kuyruk sokumu coccyx, tailbone, the final fused vertebrae at the base o...
- kuyruk yağı tail fat, the fat of some breeds of sheep or cattle, used...
- kuyruk yüzgeci tailfin, caudal fin, the fin at the tail of a fish
From the library
Tırnakları hançerlerden daha kesici, dişleri en korkunç kılıçlardan daha delici, sesi gök gürlemeleri gibi hava tabakalarını dalgalandıran, kuyruğunu her vuruşu yerleri sarsan koca aslan için, boş çöllerde ince ayaklı ceylanlar, âciz öküzler boğazlamak bir iş mi?
— Kuyruğunu sallıyor mu?
Lakin atın sağrısından kuyruğu görünmezdi.
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