Belirtisidir

Belirtisidir is a Turkish term referenced in some linguistic descriptions to denote a specific predicative construction. It is analyzed as the combination of belirti, meaning sign, symptom, or indication; the suffix -si, a third-person possessive marker that yields belirtisi (its sign/indication); and the copula -dir, which marks assertion in Turkish. The assembled form can be glossed roughly as “it is a sign/indication,” and it can function as a finite verb phrase used to classify something as a sign or indicator.

In descriptive grammar, belirtisidir is discussed as an example of how Turkish builds predication with a noun base augmented by possessive and copular suffixes. The presence of -dir adds emphatic assertion, a feature often found in formal or literary Turkish, and the overall construction emphasizes identification or categorization rather than simple description.

Usage notes: belirtisidir is not a common lexical item in everyday speech. It appears mainly in linguistic descriptions, dictionaries, or stylistic contexts where a term is being defined or categorized. In ordinary Turkish, speakers would typically use simpler expressions such as bir belirti or bu durum bir belirtidir, or would rephrase using related constructions to express a similar meaning. The exact interpretation depends on context and the relationships among the referents.

See also: Turkish grammar, Turkish copula, -dir, Turkish possessive suffixes, predicate formation.