semelfactive
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] New Latin semelfactivus, equivalent to Latin semel (“once, a single time”), from Proto-Indo-European *sḗm (“one, together”); plus factive, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin factum (“event, occurrence”), from facere (“to do”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, to do”); plus the Latin adjectival suffix -ivus.
Adjective
semelfactive (not comparable)
- (grammar) Of or relating to the semelfactive aspect.
Synonyms
- (grammar): momentane, momentary, instantaneous, punctual, nondurational
Antonyms
- (grammar): continuative, durative, experiential, frequentative, habitual, imperfective, iterative
Translations
of or relating to the semelfactive aspect
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Noun
semelfactive (plural semelfactives)
- (grammar) The semelfactive aspect.
Translations
semelfactive aspect
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