Breakdown of Kaçmayan düşman kuvvetlerine silah bıraktırıldı.
kaçmak
to run away
bırakmak
to leave (something somewhere), to drop off / to release, to let go of / to quit / to stop (doing something)
silah
gun / weapon
düşman
enemy
kuvvet
force
Questions & Answers about Kaçmayan düşman kuvvetlerine silah bıraktırıldı.
How do the causative and passive suffixes work together in bıraktırıldı?
The root is bırakmak (to drop or leave). First, we add the causative suffix -tır to get bıraktırmak (to make someone drop). Then, we add the passive suffix -ıl to get bıraktırılmak (to be made to drop). Finally, -dı makes it past tense.
Why is kuvvetlerine in the dative case (-e) here?
This is a standard rule with causative verbs. When you force someone to do an action that takes a direct object (like dropping a weapon), the person being forced takes the dative case. So literally, the action of dropping weapons was forced upon the enemy forces.
Why doesn't the verb bıraktırıldı have a plural suffix if it is about multiple enemy forces?
What is the -i doing in the middle of kuvvetlerine?
It is a possessive suffix used to form a noun compound. In Turkish, you link the words for enemy and forces by adding this suffix to the second word, creating düşman kuvvetleri. To add the dative -e, you then need the buffer letter -n-, resulting in düşman kuvvetlerine.
What suffix gives Kaçmayan the meaning of who did not escape?
The -an suffix is a relative participle that turns a verb into an adjective describing the doer of an action (the one who does). Combined with the negative suffix -ma and the buffer -y-, kaçmayan translates to the one who does not or did not escape.
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