yakamoz

Turkish

FWOTD – 18 April 2018

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish یقاموز, یاقاموز (yakamoz), from Greek διακαμός (diakamós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɑkɑˈmoz/

Noun

yakamoz (definite accusative yakamozu, plural yakamozlar)

1. phosphorescence in the sea due to bioluminescent dinoflagellates
   • Mehmet Akif Ersoy:

     Yakamozlar saçarak her tarafından fenerim / Çifte sandal, yüzüyorduk; o yüzer, ben yüzerim.

     Phosphorescence scattered all around is my lamp / We were swimming as a double rowboat: it swims, I swim.

2. the reflection of moonlight or other lights on water

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	yakamoz
Definite accusative	yakamozu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	yakamoz	yakamozlar
Definite accusative	yakamozu	yakamozları
Dative	yakamoza	yakamozlara
Locative	yakamozda	yakamozlarda
Ablative	yakamozdan	yakamozlardan
Genitive	yakamozun	yakamozların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular yakamozum yakamozlarım 2nd singular yakamozun yakamozların 3rd singular yakamozu yakamozları 1st plural yakamozumuz yakamozlarımız 2nd plural yakamozunuz yakamozlarınız 3rd plural yakamozları yakamozları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular yakamozumu yakamozlarımı 2nd singular yakamozunu yakamozlarını 3rd singular yakamozunu yakamozlarını 1st plural yakamozumuzu yakamozlarımızı 2nd plural yakamozunuzu yakamozlarınızı 3rd plural yakamozlarını yakamozlarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular yakamozuma yakamozlarıma 2nd singular yakamozuna yakamozlarına 3rd singular yakamozuna yakamozlarına 1st plural yakamozumuza yakamozlarımıza 2nd plural yakamozunuza yakamozlarınıza 3rd plural yakamozlarına yakamozlarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular yakamozumda yakamozlarımda 2nd singular yakamozunda yakamozlarında 3rd singular yakamozunda yakamozlarında 1st plural yakamozumuzda yakamozlarımızda 2nd plural yakamozunuzda yakamozlarınızda 3rd plural yakamozlarında yakamozlarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular yakamozumdan yakamozlarımdan 2nd singular yakamozundan yakamozlarından 3rd singular yakamozundan yakamozlarından 1st plural yakamozumuzdan yakamozlarımızdan 2nd plural yakamozunuzdan yakamozlarınızdan 3rd plural yakamozlarından yakamozlarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular yakamozumun yakamozlarımın 2nd singular yakamozunun yakamozlarının 3rd singular yakamozunun yakamozlarının 1st plural yakamozumuzun yakamozlarımızın 2nd plural yakamozunuzun yakamozlarınızın 3rd plural yakamozlarının yakamozlarının
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular yakamozum yakamozlarım 2nd singular yakamozsun yakamozlarsın 3rd singular yakamoz yakamozdur yakamozlar yakamozlardır 1st plural yakamozuz yakamozlarız 2nd plural yakamozsunuz yakamozlarsınız 3rd plural yakamozlar yakamozlardır

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “یاقاموز”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 1341