No. 4,661 in Turkish
bulamadıkları
"Bulamadıkları" means "what they cannot find."
In a sentence
Onlar aradığı şeyi bulamadıkları için çok üzüldüler.
They were very sad because they couldn't find what they were looking for.
The word 'bulamadıkları' is derived from the verb 'bulmak' (to find) and combines the negative form 'bulamamak' (cannot find) and the suffix '-dıkları' used to create dependent clauses, referring to the thing they couldn't find.
Bulamadıkları şeye tekrar bakmaları gerektiğini söyledi.
He told them they needed to look again for what they couldn't find.
Here, 'bulamadıkları' refers to the object or item that was not found, emphasizing its role in the context of the action of looking again.
Ormanda kaybolan arkadaşlarını bulamadıkları için endişelilerdi.
They were worried because they couldn't find their friend who got lost in the forest.
In this sentence, 'bulamadıkları' highlights the absence of their finding the lost friend, contributing to the concern they express.
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