dikkatliydi

Dikkatliydi is a Turkish predicative form that means “was careful.” It is formed from the adjective dikkatli, meaning careful or attentive, plus the past tense copula -ydi, which marks the third-person singular in the past. In Turkish, adjectives can take the past tense copula to describe a state that existed in the past, with the subject supplied by context.

Morphology and usage: The root dikkatli comes from dikkat (attention) with the suffix -li to form an adjective meaning having the quality of attention or caution. The past tense copula -ydi attaches to the adjective to express a completed state in the past: O dikkatliydi = He/She was careful. The sentence typically relies on contextual clues to identify the subject, as the form itself is a finite verb phrase.

Examples:

- O, dikkatliydi ve kimseyi kırmadı. (He/She was careful and did not hurt anyone.)

- Dün toplantıda dikkatliydi; sonuçlar yanlış olmayacaktı. (In yesterday’s meeting, he/she was careful; the results wouldn’t be wrong.)

Notes: Dikkatliydi is primarily a grammatical construction rather than a separate lexical item. It describes a state rather than an action and is commonly used in narrative, description, or reported speech. It is not typically treated as a proper noun unless used as a stylized label or name in particular contexts. See also Turkish grammar, copular constructions, and Turkish adjectives.