salanabilir

Salanabilir is a Turkish adjective referring to something that can be shaken, swayed, or rocked. The standard and more common spelling is sallanabilir; salanabilir is generally seen as a variant or orthographic mistake. The form is created from the verb sallanmak (to shake or sway) with the potential suffix -abilir, yielding the meaning “can be shaken.”

Usage and meaning

Sallanabilir describes physical behavior in which an object or component is capable of being moved back and forth or side to side by external forces. It is typically used in technical, design, and safety contexts to indicate whether a device, structure, or fixture is susceptible to movement under disturbance, vibration, or wind. While the term can be applied to furniture, machinery, bridges, and playground equipment, it is not commonly used in abstract or metaphorical senses.

Morphology and related forms

The root is sallan-, from sallanmak. The adjectival suffix -abilir adds the sense of possibility, producing sallanabilir. The related noun sallanabilirlik denotes the property of being shakeable or movable. A common construction is to describe a component as sallanabilir in safety or performance assessments, or to specify a design goal to limit sallanabilirlik.

Examples

- Bu masa sallanabilir. (This table can be shaken.)

- Köprü deprem sırasında sallanabilir. (The bridge can sway during an earthquake.)

- Cihazın sallanabilirliği güvenlik testlerinde ölçüldü. (The device’s shakability was measured in safety tests.)

See also

Sallanabilirlik (the property of being shakable) and sarsılabilir, titrelebilir (closely related terms describing possible or potential movement.