gaplarini

Gaplarini is a term used in Uzbek grammar to refer to a specific noun phrase meaning “their words.” It illustrates how Uzbek nouns can combine plurality, possession, and case marking within a single word form. The construction involves the plural noun gaplar (words) plus the third-person plural possessive suffix -lari to indicate ownership by multiple people, and it can take the accusative or definite direct object marker to function as the object of a verb. In practice gaplarini roughly translates to “their words” in English when used as a definite object.

Morphology and form are common points of reference for learners. The base form is gaplar (words). The possessive suffix -lari marks that the words belong to them. When the form appears as an object in a sentence, it often takes the definite direct object marker, yielding a form like gaplarini. This combination is typical of Turkic languages, where suffixes attach in a chain to express number, possession, and case.

Usage notes: gaplarini is used when the speaker wants to refer specifically to the words of others and treat those words as a definite object of the action. It contrasts with forms that express possession without object marking (e.g., gaplari “their words” in a non-object position) or with other case forms that indicate possession in different syntactic roles.

See also: Uzbek grammar, noun phrases, possessive suffixes, accusative markers.