defectief
Dutch
Alternative forms
- defectijf (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French défectif or Latin defectivus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌdeː.fɛkˈtif/
- Hyphenation: de‧fec‧tief
- Rhymes: -if
Adjective
defectief (not comparable)
- defective (having defects)
- (linguistics) defective (lacking certain inflected forms)
- (linguistics) defective (spelt without matres lectionis)
Inflection
| Inflection of defectief | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | defectief | |||
| inflected | defectieve | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | defectief | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | defectieve | ||
| n. sing. | defectief | |||
| plural | defectieve | |||
| definite | defectieve | |||
| partitive | defectiefs | |||