Adjectives Flashcards
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
speed
hız
speedy / fast
hız-lı
age
yaş
aged
yaş-lı
black
siyah
dressed in black
siyah-lı
white
beyaz
dressed in white
beyaz-lı
dirt
kir
dirty / filthy
kir-li
kilogramme
kilo
too heavy / obese
kilo-lu
‘married’
evli
‘single’
bekar
‘tidy
düzenli
‘untidy
—dağınık
‘cheap’
ucuz
‘aged
yaşlı
young
genç
fast
hızlı
‘slow’
yavaş
‘lean / weak
zayıf
dirty
kirli
‘clean’
—temiz
broad-shouldered
(geniş omuz)-lu
middle-aged
(orta yaş)-lı
pleasant / warm / cordial
(güler yüz)-lü
He was a man in his fifties.
Elli-li yaş-lar-ın-da bir adam-d
You are in your late twenties
Yirmi-li yaş-lar-ın-ın son-un-da-sın
school-going children’
okul-lu çocuk-lar
her daughter who goes to the secondary school
lise-li kız-ı
‘the
youngsters studying at the university
üniversite-li genç-ler
trees (of) a hundred years old
yüz yıl-lık ağaç-lar
a journey of five hours
beş saat-lik bir seyahat
a holiday of two months
iki ay-lık bir tatil
a 390-page book
üç yüz doksan sayfa-lık bir kitap
a man in his thirties
otuz-luk bir erkek
a woman in her sixties
altmış-lık bir kadın
a girl in her forties
kırk-lık bir kız
summer and winter dresses
yaz-lık ve kış-lık giysi-ler
ripe for the hospital
hastane-lik
good for the scrapheap
hurda-lık
someone to be tried at court
mahkeme-lik
for rent
kira-lık
monthly rent
ay-lık kira
weekly magazine
hafta-lık dergi
daily newspaper
gün-lük gazete
daily life
gün-lük yaşam
beaches with some sand
sandy beaches
kum-lu plaj-lar
kum-luk plaj-lar
historical
tarih-sel
chemical
kimya-sal
physical
fizik-sel
scientific
bilim-sel
financial
para-sa
vegetable / vegetal
bitki-sel
universal
evren-sel
documentary
belge-sel
self
öz
special; private
özel
politics
siyaset
political
siyasal
constitution
anayasa
constitutional
anayasal
historical
tarih-î
religious
din-î
mental / spiritual
ruh-î
physical
beden-î
moral / ethical
ahlak-î
military
asker-î
national
millî
serious
ciddî
official
resmî
material
maddî
medical
tıbbî
personal / private
şahsî
our insights into moral matters
ahlak-î görüş-lerimiz-e gör
‘religious reasons
din-î neden-ler
spiritual beauty
ruh-sal güzellik
spiritual peace
ruh-î sulh
historical events
tarih-î olay-lar
like copper / ‘copperish’
bakır-ımsı
fatty / oily
yağ-ımsı
mysterious / puzzling
bilmece-msi
metallic
metal-imsi
‘glassy
cam-sı
to make laugh
güldür-mek
ridiculous
güldür-ücü
to make cry
ağlat-mak
tear-jerking
ağla-t-ıcı
to depress
bunalt-mak
depressing
bunalt-ıcı
to flow
ak-mak
fluent
ak-ıcı
to choke
boğ-mak
suffocating
boğ-ucu
to infect
bulaş-mak
contagious
bulaş-ıcı
to stay
kal-mak
permanent
kal-ıcı
to explode
patla-mak
explosive
patla-yıcı
to pass
geç-mek
temporary
geç-ici
an inexhaustible source
tüken-me-yecek bir kaynak
incredible courage
inan-ıl-ma-yacak bir cesaret
an unthinkable situation
düşün-ül-eme-yecek bir durum
in a functioning state
çalış-ır durum-da
in an unchanging / unvarying form
değiş-me-z bir şekil-de
reliable
güven-il-ir
inevitable
kaçın-ıl-ma-z
unusable / useless
kullan-ıl-ama-z
unexpected
bekle-n-me-dik
unknown
bil-in-me-dik
undeveloped
geliş-me-miş