melankoli
noun C1- melancholy (sadness or depression)
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Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in melankolim.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: melankolisinde. 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: melankolisinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: melankolisiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: melankolisiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
İşte tam böyle anlarda, İzmir'in o tanıdık, sıcak ve insanı kucaklayan atmosferi zihnimde canlanarak kalbimi sızlatıyor ve beni melankoliye sürüklüyor.
Right at such moments, that familiar, warm, and embracing atmosphere of Izmir comes alive in my mind, making my heart ache and dragging me into melancholy.
Bu yoğun yalnızlık kimi zaman ruhunuzu daraltacak, zihninizin duvarlarına çarpan kelimelerin yankısı sizi anlamsız bir çaresizlik hissine ve derin bir melankoliye sürükleyecektir.
This intense loneliness will sometimes constrict your soul; the echo of words hitting the walls of your mind will drag you into a feeling of meaningless despair and a deep melancholy.
Onun satırlarında eski yalılar, dar sokaklar ve Boğaziçi suları, geçmiş zamanın altın ışıklarıyla aydınlanan, ince bir melankoli tablosu çizer.
In his lines, old waterside mansions, narrow streets, and the waters of the Bosphorus draw a picture of delicate melancholy illuminated by the golden lights of past time.
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