Terapilerin

Terapilerin is a Turkish inflected form of the noun terapiler, meaning therapies in the plural. It functions as the genitive (possessive) plural form and is used to express relations such as possession, association, or attribution to therapies. In Turkish, the plural of terapiler is formed with -ler, and possession or “of” relations are shown with the genitive suffix -in, -ın, -un, or -ün according to vowel harmony; here the form terapilerin is used, corresponding to -in after the plural stem.

The form terapilerin is typically attached before a following noun to indicate that the noun belongs to or is related to the therapies. For example, terapilerin etkileri means the effects of the therapies; terapilerin maliyeti means the cost of the therapies; terapilerin uygulanması means the implementation of the therapies.

Etymology: terapiler is the Turkish plural of therapy, borrowed from English or French via Turkish, and terapilerin combines the plural stem with the genitive suffix to produce the phrase “of the therapies” or “the therapies’.” This construction is common in Turkish for linking a subject to its characteristics, effects, or attributes.

See also: therapy, Turkish grammar, genitive construction, Turkish suffixes.