Küçüklerinden

Küçüklerinden is a Turkish grammatical form meaning “from among the small ones” or “one of the small ones.” It is the ablative plural form derived from the adjective küçü k (small) when used as a noun phrase. The base is küçü kler (the small ones), and the ablative suffix -den attaches to form küçüc klerden, which yields the sense of origin or selection from a subset.

Morphology and usage

Küçüklerden is built from three elements: the stem küçü k, the plural suffix -ler to create küçükler (the small ones), and the ablative suffix -den to express “from.” In standard Turkish, it functions as part of a noun phrase that can be complemented by a possessive or a determiner, and it is often used with numbers or pronouns to indicate a subset within a group. It commonly appears in constructions like “küçüklerinden biri” (one of the small ones) or “küçüklerinden birini” (one of the small ones, as a direct object).

Examples

- Küçüklerinden biri geldi. (One of the small ones came.)

- Küçüklerinden birini seçin. (Choose one of the small ones.)

- Küçüklerinden biri bu işi yapabilir. (One of the small ones can do this job.)

Notes

Küçüklerinden is distinct from küçüklük (smallness) and from other forms such as küçüklüleri or küçükler, which serve different grammatical roles. It is a common construct in Turkish for referring to a subset within a group defined by size or other qualities, and it adapts to various sentence structures through standard Turkish case and agreement rules.