onca
adjective B1- so many (people, things)
- so much (of something) · Onca sözden sonra ne diyeceğini şaşırmıştı., After so many words, he/she/it was wondering what to say.
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in oncam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: oncasında. 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: oncasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: oncasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: oncasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
Bir gün sonranın, beş gün evvelin onca hiç ehemmiyeti yoktu.
İşte, ölümün onca hiç ehemmiyeti yoktu.
Yıllar boyunca biriktirdiğim, maddi değerinden ziyade duygusal ağırlığı olan onca eşyayı ayıklamak, adeta geçmişimle yüzleşmek gibiydi.
Sorting through all those items I had accumulated over the years, which had emotional weight rather than material value, was almost like facing my past.
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