önledi

Önledi is a Turkish verb form meaning "prevented." It is the simple past tense (past definite) of the verb önlemek, which means to prevent, avert, or stop something from happening. The form önledi is created from the stem önle- plus the past tense suffix -di, with the usual Turkish vowel harmony; as a third-person singular past tense, it has no separate personal ending, though subject pronouns can be added for clarity (O önledi means “He/She prevented it.”).

Full conjugation in the simple past for önlemek includes: önledim (I prevented), önledin (you prevented), önledi (he/she/it prevented), önledik (we prevented), önlediniz (you all prevented), önlediler (they prevented). Turkish often omits the subject, so önledi can stand alone and still convey the agent from context.

Usage notes include its applicability to both literal and figurative prevention. It can describe preventing a physical danger, a loss, a problem, or an undesirable outcome. Common collocations involve nouns such as kaza (accident), felaket (disaster), tehlike (danger), and kriz (crisis). The word remains neutral in tone and is widely used in reporting, prose, and everyday speech when describing actions that stopped or forestalled something in the past.

Etymologically, önlemek is built from the stem önle- with the infinitive suffix -mek, while önledi reflects standard Turkish past-tense morphology. The term is primarily a verb form and not a separate noun or place name.