Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
From Middle English driten, from Old English driten, ġedriten, from Proto-West Germanic *dritan, from Proto-Germanic *dritanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *drītaną (“to defecate; befoul”). By surface analysis, dirt + -en.
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more dirten | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most dirten | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
From dirt + -en (“made of”).
a dirten floor
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more dirten | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most dirten | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
From dirt + -en (verbal suffix).
"May I wash her and change her dress before you take her? She always hated being dirty," I said remembering how Pauline used to cry if she fell down and dirtened her dress or socks.1999, Jane Alison Kaberuka, Silent Patience, page 44:
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dirtening | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| dirtens | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| dirtened | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| dirtened | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
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