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neuter voice

neuter voice noun: a voice which is neither active nor passive (nor middle voice); the voice assigned to a copulative verb.

Noun

neuter voice (usually uncountable, plural neuter voices)

  1. (uncommon, usually) A voice which is neither active nor passive (nor middle voice); the voice assigned to a copulative verb.
    • He uſes the word UNUM, in the neuter voice; which does not belong to a ſingle peſson, but to an (u) unity of perſons.1785, George Travis, Letters to Edward Gibbon, Esq - Author of the History of the Decline, and Fall, of the Roman Empire, page 71
    • These likewise terminate in ся, and without the particle they are not used. They have the meaning of verbs of either the active or neuter voice.1882, Ardalīon Ivanov, A. Ivánoff's Russian Grammar (16th Ed.-145th Thousand), page 53

Examples of neuter voice in a sentence

  • Such verbs really have no voice, but for convenience we may say they are in the neuter voice.1898, Missouri School Journal - Volume 15, page 150:
  • We have the Neuter Voice, or Passive of the Intransitive, also āchia (20/16, 20/25), jāiā (for jāiă?: 16/14), mohia (51/23); ho=bhūyate (12/29).1953, Dāmodaranaṇḍita, Uktivyaktiprakaraṇa, page 58:
  • ... the neuter voice, we have in verbs of adjectival nature the distinction of inchoative and static forms, such as "to be yellow (static, descriptive)" and "to become yellow (inchoative)"1965, American Anthropological Association, et. al. (contributors), International Journal of American Linguistics - Volumes 7-8, page 124:
  • ... the laughter, a voice without gender, without inflection, a neuter voice: "I wish I may, I wish I might.1973, Mercury Press (publisher), The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Volume 45, page 95:

Forms of neuter voice

pluralneuter voices

Questions about neuter voice

What does neuter voice mean?
Neuter voice means a voice which is neither active nor passive (nor middle voice); the voice assigned to a copulative verb.
How do you use neuter voice in a sentence?
Such verbs really have no voice, but for convenience we may say they are in the neuter voice.
What part of speech is neuter voice?
Neuter voice is a noun.
What is the plural of neuter voice?
The plural of neuter voice is neuter voices.

Words near neuter voice in the dictionary

  1. neut
  2. neut.
  3. neuter
  4. neuter gender
  5. neuter genders
  6. neuter voice
  7. neuter voices
  8. neutercane
  9. neutercanes
  10. neuterdom
  11. neutered

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