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English
Etymology
From endo- + passive.
Noun
endopassive (plural endopassives)
- (grammar, rare) A verb with the form of a passive voice construction, but indicating the state of, or an action toward something other than its subject.
2007, Axel Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 48:Endopassives are: (a) introvert (not extrovert); (b) passive in the sense that the subject of the endopassive word was the object of the simplex [...] (c) unlike exopassives, the hypothetical subject of the simplex is grammatically and semantically not available
Adjective
endopassive (not comparable)
- (grammar, of verbs, rare) Having passive form while predicating about something other than the subject of the passive voice construction.
- (grammar, rare) Being or relating to an endopassive.
2007, Axel Schuessler, ABC Etymological Dictionary of Old Chinese, Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 48:4.6 Voicing of the initial consonant: endopassive derivation
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