Bileklerinin

Bileklerinin is a Turkish possessive/genitive form derived from the noun bilek, meaning wrist. The form expresses possession by a third-person plural subject and is typically translated as “their wrists” or “the wrists of them.” It is not a separate lexical entry, but a grammatical combination used within noun phrases.

Morphology and construction: Turkish possession is built by attaching suffixes to a noun. To indicate plural wrists, bilek takes the plural suffix -ler/-lar, producing bilekler (wrists). The possessive suffix for third-person plural (their) is -leri, and when attached to the plural form, it yields bilekler + i with appropriate vowel harmony, resulting in bileklerinin. In context, bileklerinin signals that the ownership belongs to multiple people.

Usage: Bileklerinin appears in phrases where the possessive relationship is central. It typically appears before a noun or adjective that describes what belongs to them, or in a predicate structure. For example:

- Bileklerinin inceliği ölçülüyor. (The slenderness of their wrists is being measured.)

- Bileklerinin rengi başkalarının dikkatini çekti. (The color of their wrists attracted others’ attention.)

Notes: Turkish possesses several related forms for different possessors (my, your, his/her, our, your, their). Bileklerinin specifically marks third-person plural possession. Understanding this form helps in parsing sentences where ownership is attributed to a group rather than to a single person.