Adjectives Flashcards
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Adjectival suffixes
-Il - added to a noun, denotes a concrete property which is related to existence, presence, or being available; an abstract property, for nouns of place, the notion of ‘originating from’; expressions of age
-lIk quantity based on a noun modified by a cardinal number; noun into an adjective which expresses the idea of ‘indended for’; nouns denoting a period; nouns denoting landscape an area entirely consisting of
-sAl turns nouns into adjectives chemical, documentary
-î old arabic suffix for a limited number of words
-(I)msI After a noun this suffix expresses similarity and corresponds to English endings such as –ish, –y, and –like
This suffix denotes a semblance as well when added to adjectives
-(y)IcI - with a verb stem it forms an adjective
Participles - verb forms
-I - Combined with a passive verb stem this suffix yields an adjective with the same meaning as the past participle forms in –mIş.
-CA - has a softening effect on the meanings of adjectives—their modified
meaning can in English be expressed by ‘rather’. It is CAK if the word ends in a K, and the K is removed
-CIk - intensifies the meaning of a small number of adjectives.
Words ending in a k drop that sound before this suffix
-(I)mtrak denotes a semblance in adjectives of colour and taste
What are the verb to adjective suffixes
Ik. Transitive verb stems to which this suffix has been attached are derivations
denoting a result (state or property) in the form of an adjective
Intransitive verb stems expanded by the suffix –Ik also denote a state
–gIn / –kIn. This type of adjective is mostly referred to as resultative.
Suffix –kEn / –gEn. The majority of these formations denote a propertz
-IcI (heart breaking, founding fathers)
-GAç ıntrınsıc property of verb
without milk
süt-süz
without sugar
şeker-siz
without attention
dikkat-siz
hopeless / without hope
ümit-siz
quiet /without noise
gürültü-süz
endless /without end
son-suz
with milk
süt-lü
with (a little) sugar
(az) şeker-li
attentive / with attention / caution
dikkat-li
hopeful
ümit-li
noisy
gürültü-lü
illustrated / with pictures
resim-li
clouded / with clouds
bulut-lu
a house with a garden
bahçe-li bir ev
your letter of 1 June form
1 Haziran tarih-li mektub-unuz
a house with a rose garden
gül bahçe-li bir ev
reason / wisdom
akıl
wise
akıl-lı
God’s mercy
rahmet
deceased
rahmet-li
price
paha
pricy / expensive
paha-lı