Kefedildi

Kefedildi is a Turkish verb form that appears as the past passive of a root verb in Turkish. The suffix -ildi (with vowel harmony variations such as -ildi, -ildi, -uldu, -uldu) marks both past tense and passive voice, so kefedildi can be analyzed as the root kef- plus the past passive ending. Because the root kef- is not widely attested in standard Turkish dictionaries, the form kefedildi does not carry a fixed lexical meaning by itself and its sense depends on the specific verb it derives from in context.

In grammatical terms, kefedildi illustrates how Turkish constructs the past passive. The stem of the verb is followed by the passive-past suffix, producing a single word that encodes both the subject’s passivity and the action’s completion in the past. This pattern is typical for Turkish verb formation and is parallel to other past passive forms such as yapıldı (was done) or görüldü (was seen), differing mainly in the specific root involved.

Attestation and usage of kefedildi are limited in standard Turkish. It is rarely found in everyday language and is more likely to appear in dialectal writings, historical Ottoman Turkish texts, or experimental literature where an archaic or nonstandard root is used. In such contexts, the precise meaning of kefedildi depends on the underlying verb root and the surrounding context.

See also: Turkish grammar, Turkish verbs, Passive voice in Turkish. This entry notes a linguistic form rather than a widely used modern word, reflecting Turkish morphology rather than a defined lexical item.