Breakdown of Birkaçı kaybetmek pahasına bu ölümcül planı göze aldı.
bu
this
kaybetmek
to lose
plan
plan
birkaçı
a few of them
pahasına
at the cost of
ölümcül
deadly (e.g. disease, wound)
göze almak
to risk
Questions & Answers about Birkaçı kaybetmek pahasına bu ölümcül planı göze aldı.
How does the phrase kaybetmek pahasına work in this sentence?
The target grammar -mAk pahasına translates to "at the cost of doing something" or "at the risk of doing something". Here, the verb kaybetmek (to lose) is used in its full infinitive form. The word paha means "price" or "value", and with the possessive and dative suffixes (-sı-n-a), it forms a fixed postpositional phrase meaning "at the price of".
Why does Birkaç have an -ı at the end to make Birkaçı?
Birkaç is a quantifier meaning "a few". When you add the third-person possessive suffix -ı (meaning "its" or "their"), it becomes a pronoun meaning "a few of them". This is standard in Turkish for referring to a specific subset of a previously known or implied group.
What is the literal meaning of göze aldı, and why does it trigger the accusative case?
The idiom göze almak literally means "to take to the eye", but it is used to mean "to risk", "to brave", or "to dare". Because "this deadly plan" is a specific direct object of this action, the phrase bu ölümcül plan must take the accusative case suffix, becoming bu ölümcül planı.
How is the adjective ölümcül formed?
It is derived from the noun ölüm (death). The suffix -cül (which follows four-way vowel harmony) attaches to nouns to describe someone or something that has a strong tendency toward that noun. In this case, it turns "death" into the adjective "deadly" or "fatal".
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