aorist

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English

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀόριστος (aoristos, “not done, not completed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈeɪəˌrɪst/

Noun

aorist (plural aorists)

1. (grammar) A verb in the aorist past, that is, in the past tense and the aorist aspect (the event described by the verb viewed as a completed whole). Also called the perfective past. The nearest equivalent in English is the simple past. The term aorist is used particularly often for verbs in Ancient and Modern Greek.

Translations

a grammatical aspect

• Bulgarian: аорист (bg) (aoríst) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不定過去時 (cmn), 不定过去时 (cmn) (bùdìng guòqùshí)

• French: aoriste (fr) m
• Georgian: აორისტი (ka) (aoristi), წყვეტილი (ka) (c'qvetili), ნამყო სრული (ka) (namqo sruli)
• German: Aorist (de) m
• Greek: αόριστος (el) (aóristos) m
• Japanese: アオリスト (ja) (aorisuto)

• Polish: aoryst (pl) m
• Romanian: aorist (ro) n
• Russian: аорист (ru) (aoríst) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: аорист (sh) m

  Roman: aorist (sh) m

• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: аорист (uk) (aorýst) m

Adjective

aorist (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Of or pertaining to a verb in the aorist aspect.

   the aorist stem of a verb

Derived terms

• aoristic

Translations

pertaining to verb in aorist aspect

• French: aoriste (fr) m
• German: aoristisch (de)
• Greek: αόριστος (el) (aóristos) m (aóristos)

• Russian: аористный (ru) (aorístnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: аористни (sh), aoristni (sh)

Anagrams

• aristo
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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /âorist/
• Hyphenation: a‧o‧rist

Noun

ȁorist m (Cyrillic spelling а̏орист)

1. (grammar, uncontable) aorist aspect
2. (countable) a word in aorist aspect

Declension

    declension of aorist

	singular	plural
nominative	aorist	aoristi
genitive	aorista	aorista
dative	aoristu	aoristima
accusative	aorist	aoriste
vocative	aoriste	aoristi
locative	aoristu	aoristima
instrumental	aoristom	aoristima