eşik
noun B2- brink, threshold · Eşiğe dayandı, dayanamıyorum artık., This is the last straw, I can't stand it anymore.
- doorstep, saddle - a raised floorboard in a doorway · Eşikte oturma, çocuğun olmaz., Don't sit on the doorsill, or you won't have children.
- outside · Eşik hasıdır?, How is it (the weather) outside?
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainThe k of eşik becomes ğ before a vowel: eşiğim. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “my” ending is -im.
The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
The k of eşik becomes ğ before a vowel: eşiğinde. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -i. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: eşiğinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
The k of eşik becomes ğ before a vowel: eşiğiyle. The last vowel, i, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -i. After a vowel, y joins the ending: eşiğiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Modern çağın eşiğine gelindiğinde ise dilin sadeleşmesi ve öz kaynaklarına dönmesi gerektiği düşüncesi aydınlar arasında oldukça geniş bir yankı bulmuştur.
When the threshold of the modern era was reached, however, the idea that the language should be simplified and return to its pure sources found quite a wide resonance among intellectuals.
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