inchoative

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɪnˈkəʊ.ə.tɪv/    美 /ɪnˈkoʊətɪv/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An inchoative construction.
形容词 adj.
  1. Initial; as yet unformed; inchoate. not-comparable
    — [T]he day-Star […] ſhall be riſen in our hearts; vvhereof theſe acts of our intellect ſeem to be ſome inchoative or imperfect rays, […]
  2. Aspectually indicating that a state is about to be entered or is in the process of being entered. not-comparable
    — The inchoative (inceptive) aspect of a verb expresses the beginning of an action. Example: He is beginning to crawl.
  3. In Catalan, being a member of a class of third-conjugation verbs (e.g. servir) in which a syllable -eix- (or otherwise depending on dialect), derived from the Latin inchoative but now without meaning, is inserted into certain conjugations (e.g. serveixo). not-comparable

词形变化

inchoatives plural

词汇关系

衍生词
inchoatively inchoativeness uninchoative
相关词
inchoate fientive inceptive

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Latin inchoātīvus, formed by metathesis from incohātīvus, from incohō (“to begin”). Compare French inchoatif.
词源 2
Borrowed from Latin inchoātīvus, formed by metathesis from incohātīvus, from incohō (“to begin”). Compare French inchoatif.
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