No. 357 in Turkish
önem
Importance.
In a sentence
Bu konunun büyük bir önemi var.
This topic has great importance.
In this sentence, 'önemi' as the possessive form of 'önem' is used to mean 'importance'.
Senin dediğin şeyin önemi yok.
What you said has no importance.
Here, 'önemi' represents the possession of 'importance', showing negation in the sentence.
Önemi olan şey dürüstlüktür.
The important thing is honesty.
In this example, 'Önemi olan' specifies something as important.
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