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Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈe.ɾec/
- Hyphenation: e‧rek
Suffix
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preceding vowel
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| A / I / O / U
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E / İ / Ö / Ü
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| postconsonantal
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-arak
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-erek
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| postvocalic
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-yarak
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-yerek
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-erek
- Suffix creating adverbial gerunds from verbs.
- koşmak (“to run”) + -erek → koşarak (“running”)
Çocuk koşarak yanımıza geldi.- The kid came running towards us.
- ağlamak (“to cry”) + -erek → ağlayarak (“crying”)
Ağlayarak hiçbir şey elde edemezsin.- You can't achieve anything by crying.
Derived terms