çevrelerdeki

Çevrelerdeki is a Turkish grammatical form that means “the ones in the environments” or “in the environments,” used as an attributive modifier. It is formed by taking çevre (environment), adding the plural suffix -ler to yield çevreler, then attaching the locative -de and the relative suffix -ki, resulting in çevrelerdeki. This construction functions to specify a noun phrase in relation to multiple environments.

In usage, çevrelerdeki modifies a following noun to indicate elements located within various environments. It can describe biological, ecological, geographic, or sociocultural contexts. Common collocations include çevrelerdeki canlılar (organisms in the environments), çevrelerdeki çeşitlilik (diversity in the environments), and çevrelerdeki etkenler (factors in the environments). The form emphasizes location across multiple environments rather than a single one.

Notes on form and meaning: -daki and -deki are related patterns; -ki adds a relative nuance, turning the phrase into “the X that is in the environments” or “the X in the environments.” Therefore, çevrelerdeki cannot stand alone and always modifies a noun it precedes, yielding phrases such as çevrelerdeki türler or çevrelerdeki etkiler.

Examples:

- Çevrelerdeki canlılar ekosistemlerin işleyişine katkıda bulunur. (Organisms in the environments contribute to the functioning of ecosystems.)

- Çalışmadaki çevrelerdeki çeşitlilik temel göstergesidir. (The diversity in the environments is a key indicator in the study.)

- Çevrelerdeki etkenler, iklim koşullarıyla bağlantılı olarak değişir. (The factors in the environments change in connection with climatic conditions.)