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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
infinitiv m inan
- infinitive (the uninflected form of a verb)
- Synonym: (much less common) neurčitek
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “infinitiv”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “infinitiv”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “infinitiv”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ɪnfɪnɪˈtiːʋ/
- Rhymes: -iːʋ
- Hyphenation: in‧fi‧ni‧tiv
Noun
infinitiv m (definite singular infinitiven, indefinite plural infinitiver, definite plural infinitivene)
- (grammar, linguistics) the infinitive (a non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection; depending on language variously found used with auxiliary verbs, in subordinate clauses, or acting as a gerund, and often as the dictionary form)
Verbet står i infinitiv.- The verb is in the infinitive.
1908, Sophus Bugge, Sproglige og historiske afhandlinger viede Sophus Bugges minde, page 132:infinitiv av verber med lang rotstavelse ender i Elvdalen, Orsa, Mora, Ore paa a, i Boda paa ä- infinitive of verbs with long root syllable ends in Elvdalen, Orsa, Mora, Ore in a, in Boda in ä
1957, Herman Wildenvey, Samlede Dikt I, page 202:ennu å høre og se allehånde og være det evige infinintiv- yet to hear and see all-pervading and be the eternal infinitive
1999, Tone Selboe, Karen Blixen, page 8:opphevingen av skillet mellom infinitiv og preteritumsform på hjelpeverbene- the abolition of the distinction between infinitive and preterite form on the auxiliary verbs
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French infinitif.
Noun
infinitiv n (plural infinitive)
- infinitive
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /înfinitiːʋ/
- Hyphenation: in‧fi‧ni‧tiv
Noun
ȉnfinitīv m (Cyrillic spelling и̏нфинитӣв)
- infinitive
Declension
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
infinitiv n
- (grammar) an infinitive
Declension