Seçilebileceini

Seçilebileceğini is a Turkish morphosyntactic form that functions as a subordinate clause meaning “that can be elected” or “that could be elected,” and it is used as the object of a verb in a sentence. It is not a standalone verb, but a morphologically complex construction built from the verb meaning “to elect” and several affixes that express voice, modality, and clause type.

Morphology and meaning

- The base meaning comes from seçmek (to elect) and its passive form seçilmek (to be elected). The potential/ability suffix -ebil- is added to form the meaning “to be able to be elected” or “electable.”

- The sequence yields seçilebilmek (to be able to be elected) and its participial/adjectival form selebileceği (conceptually “that can be elected”). The specific form seçilebileceğini marks a noun clause in the accusative case, functioning as the direct object of a verb like bilmek or düşünmek.

- The final -ğini/-ğini (here -ğini) is the third-person accusative form of the clause, signaling that the speaker is referring to the content of the embedded clause.

Usage

- It describes the possibility of election for a person or candidate. It is commonly used in reporting, analysis, or formal statements about eligibility or electability.

- It commonly appears with verbs of perception or assertion, for example: Onun bu göreve seçilebileceğini düşünüyorum. (“I think that he could be elected to this position.”)

Related terms

- seçilmek: to be elected

- seçilebilir: electable (adjective)

- -ebilmek: suffix expressing ability

- -ğini/-ğini: clause-nominating endings used to mark a dependent clause as a noun phrase in object position

Seçilebileceğini exemplifies how Turkish forms express complex ideas within a single clause through a sequence of derivational suffixes.