özneyi

özneyi is a Turkish grammatical term referring to the accusative form of the noun özne, which means subject. In Turkish grammar, nouns can take case endings to indicate their syntactic role, and when the word for subject is treated as a definite direct object in analysis or instructional text, it appears as özneyi. The form is created by adding the accusative suffix -i (with appropriate vowel harmony) toözne, yielding özneyi.

In practical terms, özneyi is mostly encountered in linguistic discussion, grammar textbooks, and analytical sentences rather than in everyday speech. It serves as a reference point for describing sentence structure, allowing grammarians to talk about the subject as a tangible unit being acted upon within a meta-linguistic frame. For example, in a grammar exercise one might see: Bu cümlede özneyi işaretleyin. (In this sentence, mark the subject.) Such usage helps learners distinguish between the nominal form of the subject and its functional role in a given sentence.

Related concepts include özne (subject) in its nominative form, and other Turkish noun cases that mark different syntactic functions. While özneyi is not a common everyday word, it plays a role in discussions of Turkish syntax and morphology, illustrating how Turkish inflects nouns to express case and definiteness in analytic contexts.