anticausative

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ causative.

Adjective

anticausative (not comparable)

1. (grammar, of an intransitive verb) Which shows an action affecting its subject, without indicating the cause.

Translations

which shows an action affecting its subject, without indicating the cause

• Portuguese: anticausativo

Noun

anticausative (plural anticausatives)

1. (grammar) A verb or construction of this kind.

See also

• middle voice
• anticausativisation