Rum
adjective B1- Turco-Greek, of or related to the Rumlar, ethnic Greeks living in Turkey and Cyprus · eski Rum evleri, the old Greek houses
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chain rumTurco-Greek
ummy
The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “my” ending is -um.
rumTurco-Greek
larplural
The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
rumTurco-Greek
uhis/her
ndain/at
The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: rumunda. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
rumTurco-Greek
uhis/her
ylawith/by
The last vowel, u, is back and rounded, so the “his/her” ending is -u. After a vowel, y joins the ending: rumuyla. The last vowel, u, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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