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 =====Number=====
-A noun is made plural by addition of ''-ler'' or ''-lar'' (depending on the vowel harmony). When a numeral is used with a noun, however, the plural suffix is usually ''not'' used:
+A noun is made plural by addition of ''-(v)ev'' or ''-(v)ov'' (depending on the vowel harmony). When a numeral is used with a noun, however, the plural suffix is ''not'' used:
 :{|
 |-
-| ''baş'' || "head"
+| ''böšter'' || "table"
 |-
-| ''başlar'' || "[some] heads"
+| ''böšterev'' || "tables"
 |-
-| ''beş baş'' || "five head(s)", but
+| ''nav böšter'' || "four tables"
-|-
-| ''Beşevler'' || "Five Houses" (district of Bursa)
 |}
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 :{|
 |-
-| ''Aliler'' || "Ali and his family"
+| ''ičedehev'' || "Ičedeh and his family / The Ičedehs"
-|-
-| ''teyze'' || "maternal aunt"
-|-
-| ''teyzem'' || "my maternal aunt"
-|-
-| ''teyzemler'' || "my maternal aunt and her family"
 |}
-In the last example, the first-person singular suffix of possession comes ''before'' the plural ending; this is an exception to the order of suffixes given above. In the usual order, we have:
-:''teyzelerim'' "my maternal aunts"
-Nouns are pluralized in standard temporal greetings.
-: ''gün'' ("day") – ''İyi günler!'' ("Good day!")
-: ''yıl'' ("year") – ''Mutlu yıllar!'' ("Happy new year!")
 =====Possession=====