Meaning

3 senses
  1. The infinitive mood or mode (a grammatical mood).

    Infinitiv

  2. A non-finite verb form considered neutral with respect to inflection; depending on language variously found used with auxiliary verbs, in subordinate clauses, or acting as a gerund, and often as the dictionary form.

    Infinitiv

    неопределённая фо́рмаneopredeljónnaja fórma, инфинити́вinfinitív

    інфініти́вinfinitýv, дієйме́нникdijejménnyk, невизна́чена фо́рмаnevyznáčena fórma

  3. A verbal noun formed from the infinitive of a verb.

More definitions
  • the uninflected form of the verb

Examples

13 sentences
  1. The Latin verb has six infinitives.

    У латинського дієслова шість інфінітивів.

    ruУ латинского глагола шесть инфинитивов.

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  2. What's the infinitive of this verb?

    ruКакой у этого глагола инфинитив?

    deWie lautet der Infinitiv dieses Verbs?

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  3. Maybe, I need to use some infinitive construction?

    ruМожет быть, нужно какую-нибудь инфинитивную конструкцию использовать?

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  4. The imperative in English is exactly like the infinitive.

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  5. The present subjunctive in English is identical to the infinitive.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
uninflected verb form:
Русский
By meaning 1
uninflected verb form:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a mood or mode of verbs:

Origin

From Middle English infenitife (“without end, in perpetuity”), from Late Latin īnfīnītīvus

From Middle English infenitife (“without end, in perpetuity”), from Late Latin īnfīnītīvus (“unlimited, indefinite”), from Latin īnfīnītus (“unlimited, infinite”). By surface analysis, infinite + -ive.

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