Ekillerden

Ekillerden is a Turkish term that functions as the ablative plural form of the noun ekiller and is used in linguistic descriptions of Turkish morphology. The form illustrates how Turkish builds meaning by stacking suffixes: a plural suffix -ler is added to the base, and then the ablative suffix -den (or -dan, depending on vowel harmony) is appended to yield ekillerden. The result literally means “from the suffixes” and is primarily encountered in metalinguistic discussion rather than everyday speech.

Morphology and harmony: Turkish suffixes operate through vowel harmony and agglutination. The ablative suffix appears as -den after stems ending in a front vowel (e, i, ö, ü) and as -dan after stems ending in a back vowel (a, ı, o, u). In ekillerden, the stem ends with the front vowel i, so the form uses -den, producing ekillerden. This example demonstrates how suffixes themselves can bear additional case markings and how pluralization interacts with case marking in Turkish.

Usage: Ekillerden is most often encountered in linguistics or grammar explanations, especially when discussing the category of affixes or when giving examples of suffixal forms. Phrases such as ekillerden biri (“one of the suffixes”) or ekillerden bazıları (“some of the suffixes”) illustrate its function in context.

See also: Turkish grammar, Turkish suffixes, Ablative case, Morphology, Vowel harmony.