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anticausative en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English causative English anticausative From anti- + causative.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of an intransitive verb) Which shows an action affecting its subject, without indicating the cause.

Translations (2)

pt anticausativo (which shows an action affecting its subject, without indicating the cause) · pl antykauzatywny (which shows an action affecting its subject, without indicating the cause)

anticausative en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English causative English anticausative From anti- + causative.

Meanings

  1. A verb or construction of this kind.

Forms

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anticausatives Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

anticausativisation · middle voice

Translations (1)

pl anticausativum (verb)