istisna
noun B2- exception · Exception proves the rule., lit. Exceptions do not disprove the rule
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Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in istisnam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: istisnasında. 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: istisnasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: istisnasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: istisnasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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