şelale
noun B2- waterfall, falls, cascade, cataract, a flow of water over the edge of a cliff
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in şelalem.
The last vowel, e, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: şelalesinde. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: şelalesinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: şelalesiyle. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: şelalesiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Hece ölçüsünün tekdüze yapısından kurtulan dizeler, bazen usulca akan bir nehir gibi sakin, bazen de çağlayan bir şelale gibi coşkuluydu.
The lines, freed from the monotonous structure of syllabic meter, were sometimes calm like a gently flowing river, and sometimes enthusiastic like a cascading waterfall.
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