abstract verb

English

Noun

abstract verb (plural abstract verbs)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see abstract,‎ verb.
2. (Slavic grammar) A verb of motion whose motion is multidirectional (as opposed to unidirectional) or indirect, or whose action is repeated or in a series (iterative), instead of being a single completed action; always imperfective in aspect, even with prefixes that are normally associated with the perfective aspect (eg. Polish przybiegać).

Synonyms

• indeterminate verb
• indefinite verb
• potential verb

Antonyms

• concrete verb
• determinate verb
• definite verb

Translations

type of verb

• Bulgarian: абстрактен глагол m (abstrakten glagol)
• Georgian: აბსტრაქტული ზმნა (absṭrakṭuli zmna)
• Romanian: verb abstract n
• Russian: разнонапра́вленный глаго́л m (raznonaprávlennyj glagól), абстра́ктный глаго́л m (abstráktnyj glagól)