tritransitive

English

Etymology

From tri- +‎ transitive.

Adjective

tritransitive (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Of or relating to a class of verbs or constructions which take three objects.
    Coordinate terms: monotransitive, unitransitive, ditransitive
    • 2016, Jean Josephine Chavula, Verbal Derivation and Valency in Citumbuka‎[1], Utrecht: LOT, →ISBN, page 114:
      The preceding examples show that it is possible to derive applicative constructions from ditransitive bases. The resulting derivations are tritransitive applicative constructions.

Noun

tritransitive (plural tritransitives)

  1. (grammar) A verb or construction which takes three objects.
    • 1992, Camillia N. Keach, Michael Rochemont, “On the syntax of possessor raising in Swahili”, in Studies in African Linguistics, volume 23, number 1, →DOI, page 93:
      Although these operations can convert a transitive into a ditransitive through the addition of verbal extensions, these operations may not convert a ditransitive into a tri-transitive.
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