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semelfactive aspect

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  • noun grammar A subclass of perfective verbs that denotes a momentary or punctiliar action (e.g., to sneeze, to blink).

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Words with the same meaning

  1. momentane

cross-references (5)

Cross-references

  1. Wikipedia article on grammatical aspect
  2. aorist aspect
  3. imperfective aspect
  4. iterative aspect
  5. perfective aspect

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