gölgesini

Gölgesini is a Turkish grammatical form meaning “his/her/its shadow” when used as the direct object in a sentence. It is formed from gölge (shadow) plus the third-person singular possessive suffix -si, producing gölgesi, and then the definite accusative suffix -ni, yielding gölesini in standard spelling as gölgesini.

In Turkish, suffixes attach in sequence to build precise meanings. The possessive suffix -si shows whose shadow is referenced, while the accusative suffix -ni marks the word as the object of the verb. The vowel harmony of Turkish also governs the choice of the suffix vowels, so -ni corresponds to a word ending in a back vowel like e in gölge.

Usage and examples illustrate the function of gölgesini as a defined object. Examples include: “Gölgesini gördüm.” (I saw his/her/its shadow.) “Köpek, sahibinin gölgesini takip ediyordu.” (The dog was following its owner’s shadow.) “Gölgesini kaybettiğini söylemişti.” (He had said that he had lost his shadow.) While the form is tied to a specific possessor, the sentence still requires context to identify whose shadow is being referred to.

Gölgesini is primarily a grammatical form rather than a standalone lexical entry; it appears in sentences wherever a speaker intends to specify ownership and mark the shadow as the object of an action. See also gölge, the base noun, and related possessive and accusative constructions in Turkish.