mısra
noun C1- line
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in mısram.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: mısrasında. 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: mısrasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: mısrasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: mısrasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Su sesleri, serin esen rüzgar, uzaklardan gelen çekiç sesleri ve sokak satıcılarının gürültülü nidaları, onun mısralarında birleşerek kentin işitsel bir resmini oluşturur.
The sounds of water, the cool blowing wind, the sounds of hammers coming from afar, and the noisy cries of street vendors combine in his verses to form an auditory picture of the city.
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