a-infinitiv

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

a +‎ infinitiv, first part from Latin a, from Ancient Greek Α (A, “alpha”), likely through the Etruscan language, from Phoenician 𐤀‎ (ʾ), from Proto-Canaanite , from Proto-Sinaitic , from Egyptian 𓃾.

Last part from Late Latin īnfīnītīvus (“unlimited, indefinite”), from Latin īnfīnītus (“unlimited, infinite”), from fīnītus (“finished”), perfect passive participle of fīniō (“I finish; limit; appoint”), from fīnis (“boundary, limit”), possibly from either *fignis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeygʷ- (“to stick, set up”), or from *fidnis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (“to split”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɪnfɪnɪˈtiːʋ/
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Rhymes: -iːʋ
Hyphenation: a-‧in‧fi‧ni‧tiv

Noun

a-infinitiv m (definite singular a-infinitiven, indefinite plural a-infinitiver, definite plural a-infinitivene)

(regarding the Norwegian language) an a-infinitive (the infinitive form of a verb ending in the letter -a in Norwegian Nynorsk)
Antonym: e-infinitiv

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