kalbinin

Kalbinin is a Turkish grammatical form built from the noun kalp (heart) and a sequence of possessive and genitive suffixes. It functions to express possession related to the heart, and it typically appears as part of a larger noun phrase such as kalbinin sesi or kalbinin atışı.

Morphology and meaning: kalp plus the second-person possessive suffix -in yields kalbin, meaning “your heart.” When a following noun is introduced, Turkish often adds a genitive suffix -in to the entire possessor phrase, producing kalbinin, which means “of your heart” or “your heart’s.” The construction is used to attribute the following noun to your heart, for example: kalbinin atışı (the beat of your heart), kalbinin hızı (the rate of your heart).

Usage and examples: Kalbinin atışı hızlı mı? “Is the beat of your heart fast?” Kalbinin sesi rahatlatıcıdır. “The sound of your heart is soothing.” Kalbinin hızı gibi ifadeler, günlük Turkish in ordinary speech, literature, and poetry, illustrating nested possession common in agglutinative languages.

Relation to Turkish grammar: Kalbinin exemplifies how Turkish uses possessive suffixes together with the genitive suffix to express ownership and relation. It is not a standalone lexical item; its meaning depends on the following noun and the broader sentence context. This pattern appears frequently across Turkish to convey “the [noun] of [someone]” or “[someone]’s [noun].”