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endopassives

endopassives is the plural of endopassive.

Meaning of endopassive

Noun

endopassive (plural endopassives)

  1. (rare) 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

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Questions about endopassives

What is endopassives the plural of?
Endopassives is the plural of endopassive.

Words near endopassives in the dictionary

  1. endoparasitoid
  2. endoparasitoids
  3. endoparasitoses
  4. endoparasitosis
  5. endopassive
  6. endopassives
  7. endopathogen
  8. endopathogenic
  9. endopathogens
  10. endopathway
  11. endopathways

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