kuyu
noun B2- well (a hole sunk into the ground as a source of water, oil, natural gas or other fluids)
- any deep hole dug into the ground
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in kuyum.
The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: kuyusunda. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -su. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: kuyusunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: kuyusuyla. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -su. After a vowel, y joins the ending: kuyusuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Words from it
From the library
Zavallı paşa hanımlara yaranmak için her şeyi yapıyor, kuyudan su çekiyor, bahçe suluyor, sebzevat ayıklıyor, yine makbul olamıyordu.
Su içmek için kuyuya gider.
He goes to the well to drink water.
Kuyuya bakar ve çok şaşırır.
He looks into the well and is very surprised.
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