English

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Etymology

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From the phrasal pseudo-word Sanskrit उभयपद (ubhayapada). (MW does not treat it as a word, but as the origin of the Sanskrit word उभयपदिन् (ubhayapadin).)[1]

Adjective

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ubhayapada (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Using forms from both the active and middle voices.

References

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  1. ^ Monier Williams (1899) “ubhayapada”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 216.