Turkish Suffixes: - LEŞ / LAŞ

Learn the Turkish Suffix - LEŞ / LAŞ!

1. Create verbs from adjectives

This derivational (constructive suffixes that are used to create new words from words) Turkish suffix - LEŞ / LAŞ is used to make verbs from adjectives ("become, get" in English). For example:

Güzel beautiful, nice

Güzel - leş - mek to become more beautiful, bloom, bloosom out, nicen up

Rewrite the words with this suffix.

aptal, beyaz, bir, bol, genç, imkansız, iyi, kalın, kolay, kötü, sakin, sert, zor

Learn the words used with this suffix.

• Aptal Stupid Aptallaşmak To be stupefied, become confused
• Beyaz White Beyazlaşmak To whiten, turn white, grow white
• Bir One Birleşmek To unite, reunite, join.
• Bol Baggy; abundant, plenty Bollaşmak To get wide, loosen, become plentiful
• Genç Young Gençleşmek To become younger, get younger, youthen
• İyi Good İyileşmek To get better, recover, improve
• Kalın Thick Kalınlaşmak To become thick, thicken
• Kolay Easy Kolaylaşmak To get easier, smooth
• Kötü Bad Kötüleşmek To get worse, worsen
• Sakin Calm Sakinleşmek To calm down, chill, cool donw
• Sert Hard Sertleşmek To harden, become tough
• Zor Difficult Zorlaşmak To get difficult

2. Create verbs from nouns

If this suffix is attached to the nouns, then it functions as the reflexive suffix "Ş" (each other, one another). For example:

• Selam Hi, greeting, salute Selamlaşmak To greet each other
• Kucak Lap, embrace, bosom Kucaklaşmak To hug, cuddle, embrace one another
• Mektup Letter Mektuplaşmak To correspond, exchange letters, send letters to each other
• Dert Grief, worry Dertleşmek To pour out one's grief to each other, have a heart-to-heart-talk

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