ceza
noun A2- punishment, penalty, sentence · ölüm cezası, capital punishment / death penalty · hapis cezası, prison sentence
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in cezam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: cezasında. 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: cezasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: cezasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: cezasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
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Phrases
From the library
Başını salladı:
— İşte riyâziyeye çalışmamanın cezası!
Yine kalın kaşlarını çattı:
— Ölümden daha beter bir ceza...
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