Meaning

1 senses
  1. (not comparable)Of or pertaining to a verb in the aorist aspect.

    the aorist stem of a verb

    aoristisch

    ао́ристныйaóristnyj

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Do you know what aorist means?

  2. In most languages, there is no equivalent to the aorist tense, known in Turkish as the “broad tense.”

  3. The aorist tense in Turkish is used to express habitual or routine actions, universal truths, or polite requests.

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
pertaining to verb in aorist aspect:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
pertaining to verb in aorist aspect:

Origin

From Ancient Greek ἀόριστος (aóristos, “unbounded”).

From Ancient Greek ἀόριστος (aóristos, “unbounded”).

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Word family

2 related words
RelatedhorizonB1
Derivedaoristic

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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