zaptiye
noun- gendarmerie · zaptiye (gendarmerie), Hayashi, (28 October 2013), Ottoman State
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in zaptiyem.
The last vowel, e, is a front vowel, so the “plural” ending is -ler.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: zaptiyesinde. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: zaptiyesinde. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nde.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: zaptiyesiyle. The last vowel, e, is front and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -si. After a vowel, y joins the ending: zaptiyesiyle. The last vowel, i, is a front vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yle.
From the library
Alt kattan azgın zaptiye beygirlerinin kişnediği tepindiği işitiliyor, açık pencerelerden birbirlerini öldürmek için kovalıyorlar sanılan kırlangıçlar gidiyorlar, siyah tahtalı eski tavanın çatlaklarında çamurdan delikleri andıran yuvalarına konuyorlardı.
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