Görmemesi

Görmemesi is a Turkish noun phrase that denotes the act or fact of not seeing. It is formed from the verb görmek (to see) with the negative infinitive görmemek (to not see) and nominalized by the suffix -mesi, with the possessive suffix -si to indicate the subject’s not seeing.

Morphology: The base is görmek; to form the nominalized negative clause, Turkish uses the suffix -memek: görmemek. To turn this into a noun phrase referring to a specific person or thing's not seeing, the -si possessive suffix is added: görmemesi—literally 'his/her/its not seeing' or 'the not seeing of ...'.

Usage: Görmemesi can function as subject or object in a sentence or as part of a relative clause or subordinate clause. Examples: "Onun görmemesi beni üzdü." (His not seeing it saddened me.) "Görmemesi gereken şeyleri gördüm." (I saw things that he/she should not see.) "Görmemesi tehlikelidir." (Not seeing it is dangerous.)

Distinctions: It is not a medical term for blindness; the proper term for blindness is körlük. Görmemesi emphasizes the event or state of not seeing rather than biological incapacity, and it typically appears within clauses that specify who is not seeing what.

See also: Görmek, Görmemek, Körlük, Turkish nominalization patterns.