engellediler
Engellediler is a Turkish verb form meaning "they hindered" or "they prevented." It is the simple past tense, third-person plural form of the verb engellemek, which means to hinder, obstruct, or prevent. The base noun engel means obstacle, and the verb is built from this stem with a causative sense.
Morphology and usage: engellemek combines the root related to obstruction with a causative sense, and engellediler
- Yetkililer projeyi engellediler. (The officials hindered the project.)
- Protestoları engellediler, ve planlar değişti. (They hindered the protests, and the plans changed.)
Notes: engellediler is transitive and typically takes a direct object representing what was hindered. The form
See also: engellemek, engel, engel olmak, Türkçe fiil çekimleri.