amca
noun B1- paternal uncle, one's father's brother
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in amcam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: amcasında. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: amcasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: amcasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: amcasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Words from it
From the library
Yan apartmanda oturan Mehmet Amca mahalledeki bahçelere baktı.
Uncle Mehmet, who lives in the building next door, looked in the gardens around the neighborhood.
Gelibolu'da yetişen Piri Reis, gençliğini ünlü denizci amcası Kemal Reis'in gemilerinde geçirerek Akdeniz'i karış karış tanıdı.
Piri Reis, who grew up in Gallipoli, spent his youth on the ships of his famous seafaring uncle Kemal Reis and came to know every inch of the Mediterranean.
Onun adı Hasan amca.
His name is Uncle Hasan.
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