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Definition of Frequentative
1. Noun. A verb form that serves to express frequent repetition of an action.
Definition of Frequentative
1. a. Serving to express the frequent repetition of an action; as, a frequentative verb.
Definition of Frequentative
1. Adjective. (grammar) Serving to express repetition of an action. ¹
2. Noun. (grammar) Refers to a subclass of imperfective verbs that denotes a repeated action. An example in English would be the frequentative verb "to crackle," as opposed to the nonfrequentative "to crack." The frequentative is no longer productive in English, but some languages that have frequentative forms include Finnish, Latin, Russian, and Turkish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Frequentative
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frequentative
Literary usage of Frequentative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical grammar of the Sanskrit language: Arranged with Reference to the by Monier Monier-Williams (1864)
"Every one of the roots in nine of the classes may take a frequentative form. a.
... Observe—There is no frequentative form for roots of the ioth class, ..."
2. Word Formation in the Roman Sermo Plebeius: An Historical Study of the by Frederic Taber Cooper (1895)
"Not only are the frequentative, inchoative and desiderative verbs more numerous
than in ... The prevalence of frequentative verbs is especially interesting, ..."
3. A Konkani Grammar by Angelus Francis Xavier Maffei (1882)
"145, notes 2, 3 and alibi. § 8. frequentative Verbs They correspond to the Latin
dormito, cursito etc. Sometimes the frequentative meaning can ..."
4. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1901)
"Cf. scuffle, which is the frequentative of Swed. skuffa, to push, shove. See Scuffle.
Shroud. (E.) , . ..."
5. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"It may have been to some intent confused with the adj. dapper. See Adept and Dapper.
DABBLE, to keep on dabbing. (E.) The frequentative of da with the usual ..."
6. Grammar of the Temne Language by Christian Frederick Schlenker (1864)
"2) The frequentative form may refer to a plurality of places, ... If the
frequentative form of the verb is used, the words ,,here and there" need not to be ..."
7. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1859)
"stood as if it were a frequentative from drag, signifying what has been dragged
in the mire. Draff. AS., Du. drabbe, Dan. drav, Icel. draf, dregs, husks, ..."
8. English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1818)
"SPRING, v. To spring. START is in all probability an intensive of stir. STARTLE is
a frequentative of start. SHRINK is probably an intensive of sink, ..."
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