kabuk
noun B1- The hard layer over or around something naturally formed to protect it; shell, bark, skin of a fruit, rind or husk.
- The hard, brown outer layer around bread; crust.
- The incrustation over a wound or pimple; scab.
- The outer layer surrounding liquid or gaseous core; crust.
- The outer chitinaceous, siliceous, bony or keratinous layer around an animal.
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe k of kabuk becomes ğ before a vowel: kabuğum. 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 kabuk becomes ğ before a vowel: kabuğunda. 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: kabuğunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
The k of kabuk becomes ğ before a vowel: kabuğuyla. The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After a vowel, y joins the ending: kabuğuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Phrases
From the library
Ancak günümüzde bu geleneksel anlayış tamamen değişti ve kütüphaneler tam anlamıyla kabuk değiştirdi.
However, nowadays this traditional understanding has completely changed and libraries have literally changed their shell.
İşitme kaybı onu insanlardan uzaklaştırmış, zamanla kendi kabuğuna çekilmesine neden olmuştu.
Hearing loss had distanced him from people and over time caused him to retreat into his own shell.
Hayatın akışı içinde sürekli kabuk değiştiren bir canlı gibi, biz de taşındığımız her yeni şehre kendimizden bir parça bırakır, oradan da yeni umutlar devşiririz.
Like a living creature constantly shedding its skin in the flow of life, we too leave a piece of ourselves in every new city we move to, and from there we gather new hopes.
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