endopassive

adj 2noun 1

Definitions

noun

1

A verb with the form of a passive voice construction, but indicating the state of, or an action toward something other than its subject.

Endopassives are: (a) introvert (not extrovert); (b) passive in the sense that the subject of the endopassive word was the object of the simplex [...] (c) unlike exopassives, the hypothetical subject of the simplex is grammatically and semantically not available

adj

1

Having passive form while predicating about something other than the subject of the passive voice construction.

2

Being or relating to an endopassive.

4.6 Voicing of the initial consonant: endopassive derivation

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