finitive

finitive

English

Adjective

finitive (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Indicating a definite boundary.
    • 1995, Christopher Ehret, Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic (Proto-Afrasian) (page 30)
      The finitive extensions turn an unbounded action into a bounded one, with a distinct end-point implied, e.g., changing "to cut" into "to cut off."

Latin

Adjective

fīnītīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of fīnītīvus
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