pseudopassive
English
noun
Definitions
- (grammar) A construction where the object of a preposition has been promoted to the role of subject, as in The problem was talked about.
- (grammar) A construction that removes the subject from an intransitive verb, as in the Dutch sentence Er wordt gefloten ("[Someone] whistled").
Etymology
Prefix from English passive (express the suffering feeling).
Origin
English
passive
Gloss
express the suffering feeling
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antipassive English
- endopassive English
- exopassive English
- impassive English
- mediopassive English
- neutropassive English
- nonpassive English
- passival English
- passivate English
- passivation English
- passive English
- passively English
- passiveness English
- passivise English
- passivism English
- passivist English
- passivistic English
- passivity English
- passivization English
- passivize English
- transpassive English
- unpassive English
- *peh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- pasiv Albanian