ciddi
adjective A2- serious (without humor or expression of happiness)
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in ciddim.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: ciddisinde. 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: ciddisinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: ciddisiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: ciddisiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
Words from it
From the library
Fakat gayet ciddi bir haysiyet sahibiydi.
´´Manakyan´´ ayarında dûn bu haile sanatkarının ismine ciddiyet izafe etmekte hiç kimse tuhaflık bulmazken; zamanımızın iki halis üstadı olan ´´Naşit´´ ve ´´Dümbüllü İsmail´´ Efendilerin isimlerini istihzasız telaffuz etmek, ihtimal, ciddi bir mecliste insanı derhal dışarı attırmaya yetecek bir hatadır.
Doktor: Sizde grip var ama ciddi değil.
Doctor: You have the flu, but it isn't serious.
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