Hello.

Dictionaries have taught me that "not having ucu bucağı " pertains to "being endless". Yet, I am quite curious about the structure of this expression...

uç is "an end" or "a tip", then ucu = his/her/its end

but what is bucak? The only definition I was able to find is a corner or district, but that doesn´t make a lot of sense in connection with ucu.. :/

So, ucu bucağı olmayan would be "not having a corner or tip " .. or maybe , the end belongs to the corner? So "the one whose corner doesn´t have a tip"?

so should the expression be seen more as "o ki ucunun bucağı yok"? or "o ki bucağın ucu yok" ?

I am not sure about the meaning of the word bucak, but the word uç does mean end, tip, like you said.

To simplify the structure we can say it this way:

Ucu olmayan ve bucağı olmayan (bir ÅŸey). - (Something) that doesn´t have a tip nor a "bucak". (Hopefully someone can clarify this word).

The structure is as follows:

Arkadaşı Ä°stanbul´da okuyan adam. - The man whose friend studies in Istanbul.

Here, the possesive suffix -ı refers to the noun "adam" (adamın arkadaşı).

Let´s take a look at some more examples:

Çocuklar, iki yavrusu olan kediyi besliyorlar. - The children are feeding the cat that has two kittens.

OÄŸlu Ankara´da oturan bayan her gün oÄŸluna telefon eder. - The lady whose son lives in Ankara phones her son every day.

So in your example, both the word uç and bucak refer to whatever doesn´t have the uç and bucak. In cases like that you can omit the "ve" because it´s redundant. So instead of saying "Ucu (olmayan) ve bucağı olmayan...", you can just say "Ucu bucağı olmayan..."

Hopefully this clarifies the structure for you.

I came up with one more example for you:

Sonu olmayan yola çıktık. - We set off to an endless road. (the road that doesn´t have an end)

son - end

bucak means border..

ucu bucağı olmamak => having no end nor borders => endless

Thanks for the insight on the word bucak, scalpel. I hope sufler finds our posts helpful.