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-l-

  1. (pharmacology) Alternative form of -lim-.

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French

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-l-

  1. used to break up certain vowel sequences, when certain suffixes—particularly -ais—follow certain vowels, especially o
    Coordinate term: -t-
    togolaisTogolese
    congolaisCongolese
    bralettebra without underwire

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  • Slawomir Zdziebko and Mateusz Urban, The Phonetics and Phonology of /ɬ/ Vocalization, Crossing Phonetics-Phonology Lines (edited by Eugeniusz Cyran and Jolanta Szpyra-Kozłowska), page 416

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-l-

  1. used as a linking consonant between two vowels, usually between a stem and a suffix
    chá (tea) + ‎-l- + ‎-eira → ‎chaleira (teakettle)
    tecer (to weave) + ‎-l- + ‎-ão → ‎tecelão (weaver)

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Turkish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Turkic *-l-.

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-l-

  1. Passive suffix. Used to form verbs that affected by event(s).
    kurtarmak (to save, rescue) + ‎-l- → ‎kurtarılmak (to be saved of)
    aldatmak (to cheat, deceive) + ‎-l- → ‎aldatılmak (to be cheated)

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