endopassive
endopassive noun: a verb with the form of a passive voice construction, but indicating the state of, or an action toward something other than its subject.
Noun
endopassive (plural endopassives)
- A verb with the form of a passive voice construction, but indicating the state of, or an action toward something other than its subject.
- Endopassives are: (a) introvert (not extrovert); (b) passive in the sense that the subject of the endopassive word was the object of the simplex [...] (c) unlike exopassives, the hypothetical subject of the simplex is grammatically and semantically not available2007, Axel Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 48
Adjective
endopassive (not comparable)
- Having passive form while predicating about something other than the subject of the passive voice construction.
- Being or relating to an endopassive.
- 4.6 Voicing of the initial consonant: endopassive derivation2007, Axel Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 48
Forms of endopassive
| plural | endopassives |
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Origin of endopassive
From endo- + passive.
Questions about endopassive
- What does endopassive mean?
- Endopassive means a verb with the form of a passive voice construction, but indicating the state of, or an action toward something other than its subject.
- What part of speech is endopassive?
- Endopassive can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of endopassive?
- The plural of endopassive is endopassives.
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