Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable)A subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a continuously repeated action. An example in English would be the iterative verb sniffle, as opposed to the noniterative sniff.

    Frequentativum

    многокра́тный видmnogokrátnyj vid

More definitions
  • the aspect of the verb that expresses the repetition of an action

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
subclass of imperfective verbs:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
subclass of imperfective verbs:

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the aspect of the verb that expresses the repetition of an action:iterative

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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