aorist
See also: Aorist
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek ἀόριστος (aóristos, “unbounded”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
aorist (plural aorists)
- (grammar, uncountable) A grammatical category of verbs that is often a perfective past: that is, it expresses perfective aspect (also known as aorist aspect) and past tense. The nearest equivalent in English is the simple past.
- (grammar, countable) This grammatical category in a particular language, for instance, Albanian and Ancient and Modern Greek.
- (grammar, countable) A particular verb in the aorist.
TranslationsEdit
a grammatical aspect
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AdjectiveEdit
aorist (not comparable)
- (grammar) Of or pertaining to a verb in the aorist aspect.
- the aorist stem of a verb
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
pertaining to verb in aorist aspect
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AnagramsEdit
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek ἀόριστος (aóristos, “unbounded”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
aorist m inan
- aorist (a grammatical category of verbs that is often a perfective past) [19th c.]
- aorist (a particular verb in the aorist) [19th c.]
- 1860, F. B. Květ, Staročeská mluvnice[2], Praha: Kober & Markgraf, page 118:
- Kdy aoristy v češtině zanikly, zevrubně se určiti nedá.
- It is not possible to determine thoroughly when aorists vanished in Czech.
DeclensionEdit
Declension
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- aorist in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- aorist in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
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DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek ἀόριστος (aóristos, “indefinite, indeterminate”), from ἀ- (a-, “un”) + ὁρίζω (horízō, “to determine”) + -τος (-tos, “-able”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
aorist c (singular definite aoristen, plural indefinite aorister)
- aorist (a past tense formation in Classical and Modern Greek and related formations in other Indo-European languages)
- aorist (verbal aspect in Classical and Modern Greek, equivalent to perfective)
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
aorist n (plural aoriste)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of aorist
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) aorist | aoristul | (niște) aoriste | aoristele |
genitive/dative | (unui) aorist | aoristului | (unor) aoriste | aoristelor |
vocative | aoristule | aoristelor |
Serbo-CroatianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
ȁorist m (Cyrillic spelling а̏орист)
- (grammar, uncontable) aorist aspect
- (countable) a word in aorist aspect