a-infinitiv
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
a + infinitiv, first part from Latin a, from Ancient Greek Α (A, “alpha”), likely through the Etruscan language, from Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ), from Proto-Canaanite 
, from Proto-Sinaitic 
, from Egyptian 𓃾.
Last part from Late Latin īnfīnītīvus (“unlimited, indefinite”), from Latin īnfīnītus (“unlimited, infinite”), from fīnītus (“finished”), perfect passive participle of fīniō (“I finish; limit; appoint”), from fīnis (“boundary, limit”), possibly from either *fignis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”), or from *fidnis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).
Pronunciation
Noun
a-infinitiv m (definite singular a-infinitiven, indefinite plural a-infinitiver, definite plural a-infinitivene)
- (regarding the Norwegian language) an a-infinitive (the infinitive form of a verb ending in the letter -a in Norwegian Nynorsk)
- Antonym: e-infinitiv
See also
References
- “a-infinitiv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.