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depictives

depictives is the plural of depictive.

Meaning of depictive

Noun

depictive (plural depictives)

  1. A grammatical construction that indicates the state of a noun in relation to the action of a verb.
    • In this chapter, I address both the semantics of the Case-marking opposition in depictives in the East Slavic languages and also the syntax of depictive secondary predication in general.2007, Kylie R. Richardson, Case and Aspect in Slavic, OUP Oxford, →ISBN, page 111

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Questions about depictives

What is depictives the plural of?
Depictives is the plural of depictive.

Words near depictives in the dictionary

  1. depiction
  2. depictional
  3. depictions
  4. depictive
  5. depictively
  6. depictives
  7. depictivist
  8. depictment
  9. depictments
  10. depictor
  11. depictors

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