semelfactive

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Definition von semelfactive im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

The semelfactive aspect refers to a verb form that indicates a momentary or punctiliar action

The semelfactive aspect

Grammar - Designating or pertaining to a verbal aspect (in Russian and other Slavonic languages) expressing sudden, completed, and unrepeated action

Relevante Übersetzungen

semelfactive aspect

: The semelfactive aspect refers to a subclass of perfective verbs that denotes a momentary or punctiliar action (e.g., to sneeze, to blink)

Synonyme

momentane, momentary, instantaneous, punctual, nondurational

Antonyme

continuative, durative, experiential, frequentative, habitual, imperfective aspect, iterative aspect

Etymologie

() From New Latin semelfactivus, equivalent to Latin semel (“once, a single time”) *sḗm (“one, together”); plus factive Latin factum (“event, occurrence”) facere (“to do”) *dʰeh₁- (“to put, to do”); plus the Latin adjectival suffix -ivus.