Polish edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin generātīvus. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English generative (grammar).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡɛ.nɛ.raˈtɨv.nɨ/
  • Rhymes: -ɨvnɨ
  • Syllabification: ge‧ne‧ra‧tyw‧ny

Adjective edit

generatywny (not comparable, derived adverb generatywnie)

  1. (relational, biology) reproductive (relating to sexual reproduction)
  2. (relational, linguistics) generative (referring to an approach within any linguistic domain wherein a defined set of rules is utilized on linguistic input, aiming to generate solely the correctly structured elements of a language)
    gramatyka generatywnagenerative grammar

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • generatywny in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • generatywny in Polish dictionaries at PWN