FluentPlex

faik

adjective B2
  1. superior (archaic)
+ Save to review

Forms you’ll meet

Tap for its suffix chain
faiksuperior immy

The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -im.

From the library

Sait Faik Abasıyanık, yirminci yüzyıl Türk öykücülüğünün en sevilen ve en özgün adlarından biri olarak kabul edilir.

Sait Faik Abasıyanık is regarded as one of the best-loved and most original names in twentieth-century Turkish short-story writing.

Sait Faik Abasıyanık, p. 1 · C1
Sait Faik, büyük olayları ya da ünlü kişileri anlatmaktansa sıradan insanların küçük hayatlarına eğilmeyi seçti.

Rather than writing about great events or famous people, Sait Faik chose to turn to the small lives of ordinary people.

Sait Faik Abasıyanık, p. 1 · C1
1954'te henüz kırk yedi yaşındayken hayatını kaybeden yazarın anısına, ertesi yıl annesinin girişimiyle Sait Faik Hikâye Armağanı kuruldu.

In memory of the writer, who died in 1954 at only forty-seven, the Sait Faik Short Story Prize was founded the following year on his mother’s initiative.

Sait Faik Abasıyanık, p. 1 · C1

Learn faik in real texts

With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.

Create free account