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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