formans

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Formans, from Latin elementum fōrmāns (forming element), with fōrmāns being the present participle of fōrmō (to shape; to form; to fashion). Doublet of formant.

Noun

formans (plural formantia)

  1. (linguistic morphology) Synonym of formative (language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function).
    • 1968, Karl H. Menges, The Turkic Languages and Peoples, page 157:
      These facts then clearly evidence such elements as enclitical particles which exercise certain morphological and/or syntactical functions, but which have not yet developed into actual suffixes obliged to conform to sound-harmony and the general accentuation pattern. Some elements of this type are the formantia of the cas. compar. in -däg, and the cas. aequat. (prosecut., mensurat., terminat.) in -ča/-čä in the nominal category, and the formans of the negative aspect in -ma-/-mä- in the verbal category.
    • 2006, Kim McCone, The Origins and Development of the Insular Celtic Verbal Complex, page 136:
      In Cowgill’s [] convincing opinion the basic formans of this PIE mediopassive was an -o(-) originally added to endings identical with those of the perfect (minus -e where applicable; []), which only had a single set of endings undifferentiated as to active/middle in PIE.
    • 2011, Joachim Grzega, “Compounding from an Onomasiological Perspective” (chapter 11), in The Oxford Handbook of Compounding, page 221:
      After the selection of an onomasiological base and an onomasiological mark on the semantic level of the word-formation process, the speaker selects a word-formation base and a formans from an inventory of productive word-formation categories, classes, and subtypes on the formal level.

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Formans. Doublet of formant.

Pronunciation

Noun

formans m (plural formans)

  1. (linguistic morphology) Synonym of formant (formative; language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function)

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of fōrmō.

Participle

fōrmāns (genitive fōrmantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. shaping, forming, fashioning

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative fōrmāns fōrmantēs fōrmantia
Genitive fōrmantis fōrmantium
Dative fōrmantī fōrmantibus
Accusative fōrmantem fōrmāns fōrmantēs
fōrmantīs
fōrmantia
Ablative fōrmante
fōrmantī1
fōrmantibus
Vocative fōrmāns fōrmantēs fōrmantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

  • German: Formans
    • English: formans
    • French: formans