aorist

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ἀόριστος (aóristos, unbounded).

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Noun[edit]

aorist (plural aorists)

  1. (grammar) A verb paradigm found in certain languages, usually an unmarked form or one that expresses the perfective or aorist aspect.
  2. (grammar) A particular verb in the aorist.

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aorist (not comparable)

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

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Czech[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀόριστος (aóristos, unbounded).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈaorɪst]
  • Hyphenation: ao‧rist

Noun[edit]

aorist m inan

  1. aorist (a grammatical category of verbs that is often a perfective past) [19th c.]
    • 1986, Arnošt Lamprecht, Dušan Šlosar, Jaroslav Bauer, Historická mluvnice češtiny[1], Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, page 239:
      V převážné většině případů se ve staré češtině tvoří aorist pouze od sloves dokonavých.
      In most cases aorist is formed only from perfective verbs in Old Czech.
  2. aorist (a particular verb in the aorist) [19th c.]
    • 1860, F. B. Květ, Staročeská mluvnice[2], Praha: Kober & Markgraf, page 118:
      Kdy aoristy v češtině zanikly, zevrubně se určiti nedá.
      It is not possible to determine thoroughly when aorists vanished in Czech.

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Further reading[edit]

  • aorist in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • aorist in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ἀόριστος (aóristos, indefinite, indeterminate), from ἀ- (a-, un) +‎ ὁρίζω (horízō, to determine) +‎ -τος (-tos, -able).

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  • IPA(key): [ɑoˈʁisd̥], [ɑwˈʁisd̥]

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aorist c (singular definite aoristen, plural indefinite aorister)

  1. aorist (a past tense formation in Classical and Modern Greek and related formations in other Indo-European languages)
  2. aorist (verbal aspect in Classical and Modern Greek, equivalent to perfective)

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French aoriste.

Noun[edit]

aorist n (plural aoriste)

  1. aorist

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /âorist/
  • Hyphenation: a‧o‧rist

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ȁorist m (Cyrillic spelling а̏орист)

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

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