elleriyle

elleriyle is a Turkish compound word meaning "with his/her hands" or "by hand." It is formed from el (hand) with the plural suffix -ler to yield eller (hands), the third-person possessive suffix -i to indicate "his/her/its hands" (elleri), and the instrumental suffix -yle meaning "with." The result, elleriyle, expresses the means or instrument by which an action is performed.

In usage, elleriyle is an adverbial construction that highlights manual action rather than action performed by tools or machinery. It is common in narrative and descriptive Turkish, appearing in literature, journalism, and everyday speech. Examples include sentences like "Çantayı elleriyle taşıdı" (She carried the bag with her hands) or "Heykeli elleriyle yaptılar" (They made the statue with their hands).

Variants and related forms can reflect different possessives. For example, with the second person singular you would have ellerinle (with your hands) and with the formal or plural you ellerinizle (with your hands). These forms maintain the same instrumental suffix -yle/-yle accompanying the corresponding possessive ending.

Notes on morphology: elleriyle illustrates Turkish agglutination, where noun, possessive, and instrumental suffixes attach in sequence to create a single word that conveys meaning about both the agent and the instrument. The instrumental suffix is chosen as -yle (or -yla) to harmonize with the preceding vowels, producing the phonetic form elleriyle in standard usage.