lokma
noun B2- bite, morsel
- lokma
- condyle
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in lokmam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: lokmasında. 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: lokmasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: lokmasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: lokmasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
Phrases
From the library
Çok fakir oldukları için çoğu gün evde bir lokma ekmek bile bulunmazmış.
They were so poor that on most days there wasn’t even a bite of bread in the house.
Komşumuza ait bir tabağı geri verirken içine özenle eklediğimiz o mütevazı lokma, insanlığın ortak hafızasında yankılanan, borç ve minnetin o kadim şarkısına eşlik etmekten başka bir şey değildir.
That modest morsel we carefully add inside a plate belonging to our neighbor while returning it is nothing but accompanying that ancient song of debt and gratitude echoing in the collective memory of humanity.
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