hükümle

Hükümle is a Turkish linguistic form built from the noun hüküm (verdict, judgment) plus the instrumental suffix -le, which in Turkish often contracts with the word to create a meaning of “with” or “by means of.” In practice, hükümle functions as a formalized adverbial or instrumental expression that signals that an action is carried out “by the ruling” or “by the verdict.” The usage is most commonly encountered in legal, administrative, or formal writing rather than in everyday speech.

In terms of morphology, hükümle is formed by attaching the postposed suffix -le to the base noun hüküm, yielding a single unit that behaves like a prepositional phrase equivalent to ile (with). This attachment is a characteristic feature of Turkish noun-plus-suffix constructions and reflects the broader pattern of expressing means or instruments in Turkish.

Hükümle should not be confused with yüklem, the Turkish term for the predicate of a sentence, which is a distinct grammatical category referring to the part of the sentence that asserts something about the subject. Similarly, while hükümle can appear in contexts discussing judicial decisions, its primary function is as a form that marks instrument or means, not as a syntactic slot within a sentence’s core predicate structure.

Usage notes: hükümle tends to occur in formal or institutional texts and may appear alongside phrases such as “hükümle verilen karar” or “hükümle yürütülen dava.” Its appearance outside specialized legal or regulatory language is comparatively rare.