yavru

Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [javˈɾu]
  • Hyphenation: yav‧ru

Noun

yavru (definite accusative yavruyu, plural yavrular)

  1. baby (young animal)
    Kedimiz Mırnav, o sene dört yavru yavrulamıştı.
    Our cat Mırnav gave birth to four kittens that year. (Here, the baby animals are kittens.)
  2. (figuratively) A child
    Hiç bir anne yavrusunu ateşe atar mı?
    Would a mother ever throw her child to the fire?
  3. (figuratively) baby (used to refer to an attractive person, most often female)
    Gel buraya güzelim, yavruların yavrusu!
    Come here my beauty, [sexy] baby!

Declension

Inflection
Nominative yavru
Definite accusative yavruyu
Singular Plural
Nominative yavru yavrular
Definite accusative yavruyu yavruları
Dative yavruya yavrulara
Locative yavruda yavrularda
Ablative yavrudan yavrulardan
Genitive yavrunun yavruların
Possessive forms
Singular Plural
1st singular yavrum yavrularım
2nd singular yavrun yavruların
3rd singular yavrusu yavruları
1st plural yavrumuz yavrularımız
2nd plural yavrunuz yavrularınız
3rd plural yavruları yavruları
Predicative forms
Singular Plural
1st singular yavruyum yavrularım
2nd singular yavrusun yavrularsın
3rd singular yavru
yavrudur		 yavrular
yavrulardır
1st plural yavruyuz yavrularız
2nd plural yavrusunuz yavrularsınız
3rd plural yavrular yavrulardır

Derived terms

  • yavrulama
  • yavrulamak
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