kelimelerinin

Kelimelerinin is a Turkish inflected form that means “of their words.” It is derived from the base word kelime (word), with the plural suffix -ler to form kelimeler (words), and followed by the third-person plural possessive/genitive suffix to indicate possession by a group, yielding kelimelerinin. This construction demonstrates how Turkish builds meaning through stacked suffixes in an agglutinative system.

In use, kelimelerinin expresses possession by a plural subject. For example: “Kelimelerinin anlamını çözdüler.” translates as “They solved the meaning of their words.” Another instance is “Kelimelerinin amacı bu metinde açıklanmıştır,” meaning “The purpose of their words is explained in this text.” Such forms commonly appear in literary, journalistic, and academic Turkish when discussing the words spoken or written by a group or individuals.

Phonology and harmony: Turkish suffixes follow vowel harmony and consonant compatibility rules, so the final form adapts to the preceding vowels and consonants in kelimeler.inin or -lerinin surfaces depending on the surrounding phonology, ensuring the suffix chain remains pronounceable.

Overview: Kelimelerinin illustrates Turkish morphology’s hallmark: the ability to convey nuanced grammatical relationships through sequence of affixes attached to a root noun. It specifically encodes a possessive relation from a plural possessor to the plural noun, i.e., the words belonging to a group. The form is common in both everyday and formal Turkish when attributing meaning, responsibility, or attribution to a set of speakers or writers.