infinitiv

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• Rhymes: -ɪtɪf

infinitiv m inan

1. infinitive (the uninflected form of a verb)

   Synonym: (much less common) neurčitek

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• See finiš

• “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)

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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”).

• IPA^(key): /ɪnfɪnɪˈtiːʋ/

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• Rhymes: -iːʋ
• Hyphenation: in‧fi‧ni‧tiv

infinitiv m (definite singular infinitiven, indefinite plural infinitiver, definite plural infinitivene)

1. (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

• verbalsubstantiv (“verbal noun”)

• “infinitiv” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “infinitiv” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “infinitiv” in Store norske leksikon

Borrowed from French infinitif.

infinitiv n (plural infinitive)

1. infinitive

• IPA^(key): /înfinitiːʋ/
• Hyphenation: in‧fi‧ni‧tiv

ȉnfinitīv m (Cyrillic spelling и̏нфинитӣв)

1. infinitive

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnfɪnɪtiːv/

infinitiv n

1. (grammar) an infinitive