sürdürülübilebilmek

Sürdürülübilebilmek is a Turkish verb form that expresses the possibility of being sustained or maintained. It is a compound morphology example often cited in discussions of Turkish agglutination and verb derivation.

The word is built from sürdür, the base verb meaning to sustain or maintain; the suffix -ül marks the passive voice, yielding sürdürülmek meaning to be sustained or maintained; the suffix -ebil- expresses possibility or ability; and the infinitive suffix -mek completes the form, resulting in sürdürülübilebilmek, meaning to be able to be sustained or to be maintainable.

Such long derivations are uncommon in everyday Turkish and are mainly encountered in linguistic discussions, grammar demonstrations, or playful examples of agglutination. In ordinary discourse one would use simpler forms such as sürdürülmek or refer to the related noun/ adjective forms like sürdürülebilirlik and sürdürülebilir to convey sustainability-related ideas.

Example sentence: Bir projede sürdürülübilebilmek için gerekli mekanizmalar ve kaynaklar planlanmalıdır. This illustrates how the form can be used to express the feasibility of maintaining a state or condition.

Related concepts include sürdürmek (to maintain), sürdürülebilirlik (sustainability), and sürdürülebilir (sustainable). The term highlights how Turkish can stack mood, voice, and modality suffixes to express nuanced meanings related to maintainability and longevity.