Bezlerle

Bezlerle is a Turkish instrumental plural form meaning “with cloths” or “by means of cloths.” It is not a stand-alone lexical item but a grammatical construction used to indicate the instrument or means by which an action is performed. The base noun bez means cloth or rag.

Formation and grammar: The singular form bez signifies cloth. For plural, bezler means “cloths” or “rags.” The instrumental suffix -le (or -la after a vowel harmony rule) attaches to the plural, forming bezlerle. In Turkish, this structure conveys both plurality and the instrumental meaning, so bezlerle can translate to “with the cloths” in English. The singular instrumental would be bezle, as in “bezle silmek” (to wipe with a cloth).

Usage: Bezlerle is used to describe actions done using cloths as the tools. Examples include sentences such as “Bezlerle silin” (Wipe with the cloths) or “Bezdelerle temizledi” (They cleaned with the cloths). It can also appear in descriptive contexts, e.g., “Bezlerle yapılan temizlik” (the cleaning performed with cloths) or “Bezlerle toz alındı” (Dust was removed with cloths).

See also: Turkish grammar suffixes, instrumental case (-le/-la), plural suffix (-ler/-lar). Türkçe bileşik biçimler için bezlerle örnekleriyle pratik kullanılabilir.

Notes: Bezlerle is specifically the plural-instrument form; the related singular form is bezle.