Word
Yıllar sonra birbirlerini doyasıya kucakladılar.
Meaning
Years later, they embraced each other to their heart's content.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Yıllar sonra birbirlerini doyasıya kucakladılar.
yıl
year
sonra
after
birbiri
each other / one another
doymak
to be full (sated)
Questions & Answers about Yıllar sonra birbirlerini doyasıya kucakladılar.
How does the suffix -asıya change the verb doymak in the word doyasıya?
The verb root is doy- (to become full or satiated). The suffix -(y)asıya indicates doing an action to its extreme limit. Literally, doyasıya means "until becoming completely full," which translates naturally into English as "to one's heart's content."
What exactly are the suffixes attached to birbirlerini?
The base word is birbiri (each other). It gets the plural suffix -ler, followed by the possessive -i, the buffer consonant -n-, and the accusative case suffix -i. It requires the accusative case because "each other" is the specific direct object receiving the action of the verb kucakladılar (they embraced).
Since the verb kucakladılar already shows the subject is plural ("they"), is the plural suffix -ler in birbirlerini strictly necessary?
No, it is not strictly necessary. You will very often hear just birbirini in sentences like this. Both birbirlerini and birbirini are grammatically correct and mean exactly the same thing in this context.
What is the root of the verb kucakladılar?