fientive

UK /fiˈ(j)ɛntɪv/ US /fiˈ(j)ɛntɪv/
adj 2

Definitions

adj

1

designating a durative and dynamic action performed by the subject

This underlines again that a contrast of nominality versus verbality conveys a stative versus fientive purport.

2

designating entering into a state as opposed to being in a state

The basic idea is that what previous scholarship categorised as a stative, viz. the various forms going back to a derivation with a long ē, is in fact a fientive, i.e. it designates the becoming and not the being.

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