dayı
noun B2- maternal uncle, one's mother's brother
- term of address to refer to any older man
- macho, a man exhibiting extreme behaviour or mannerisms considered typical of a male
- dey
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in dayım.
The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: dayısında. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: dayısında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: dayısıyla. The last vowel, ı, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: dayısıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Words from it
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Sevgili Ali, ben şimdi Antalya'dayım!
Dear Ali, I’m in Antalya now!
Sevgili kuzenim, ben şimdi Erzurum'dayım.
Dear cousin, I am in Erzurum now.
Ben şimdi Bodrum'dayım!
I’m in Bodrum now!
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