vav
noun C1- Letter of the Arabic alphabet: و
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chain vavstem
ımmy
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -ım.
vavstem
larplural
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
vavstem
ıhis/her
ndain/at
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: vavında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
vavstem
ıhis/her
ylawith/by
The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -ı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: vavıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
İhtiyar padişah, artık mermer havuzlu küçük bahçenin lale tarhlarını bile göremiyor, gamsız zamanlarında yaptığı gibi murassâ çerçeveli camlara hohlayıp parmağı ile "Çifte vav" yazamıyordu.
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