depictive

English

Etymology

From depict +‎ -ive.

Adjective

depictive (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to depiction.

Derived terms

Noun

depictive (plural depictives)

  1. (grammar) A grammatical construction that indicates the state of a noun in relation to the action of a verb.
    • 2007, Kylie R. Richardson, Case and Aspect in Slavic, OUP Oxford, →ISBN, page 111:
      In this chapter, I address both the semantics of the Case-marking opposition in depictives in the East Slavic languages and also the syntax of depictive secondary predication in general.

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