aorist

From Ancient Greek ἀόριστος (aóristos, “unbounded”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.ə.ɹɪst/, /ˈɛə.ɹɪst/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.ə.ɹɪst/, /ˈɛəɹɪst/

aorist (plural aorists)

1. (grammar) A verb paradigm found in certain languages, usually an unmarked form or one that expresses the perfective or aorist aspect.
2. (grammar) A particular verb in the aorist.

aorist (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Of or pertaining to a verb in the aorist aspect.

   the aorist stem of a verb

• aoristic

• horizon

• à trois, Oirats, Artois, aristo, ratios, aristo-, Sirota, raotis, satori, Rosati

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀόριστος (aóristos, “unbounded”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈaorɪst]
• Hyphenation: ao‧rist

aorist m inan

1. aorist (a grammatical category of verbs that is often a perfective past) [19th c.]
   • 1986, Arnošt Lamprecht, Dušan Šlosar, Jaroslav Bauer, Historická mluvnice češtiny‎^[1], Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, page 239:

     V převážné většině případů se ve staré češtině tvoří aorist pouze od sloves dokonavých.

     In most cases aorist is formed only from perfective verbs in Old Czech.

2. aorist (a particular verb in the aorist) [19th c.]
   • 1860, F. B. Květ, Staročeská mluvnice‎^[2], Praha: Kober & Markgraf, page 118:

     Kdy aoristy v češtině zanikly, zevrubně se určiti nedá.

     It is not possible to determine thoroughly when aorists vanished in Czech.

• “aorist”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “aorist”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

• risota

From Ancient Greek ἀόριστος (aóristos, “indefinite, indeterminate”), from ἀ- (a-, “un”) +‎ ὁρίζω (horízō, “to determine”) +‎ -τος (-tos, “-able”).

• IPA^(key): [ɑoˈʁisd̥], [ɑwˈʁisd̥]

aorist c (singular definite aoristen, plural indefinite aorister)

1. aorist (a past tense formation in Classical and Modern Greek and related formations in other Indo-European languages)
2. aorist (verbal aspect in Classical and Modern Greek, equivalent to perfective)

Borrowed from French aoriste.

aorist n (plural aoriste)

1. aorist

• IPA^(key): /âorist/
• Hyphenation: a‧o‧rist

ȁorist m inan (Cyrillic spelling а̏орист)

1. (grammar, uncountable) aorist aspect
2. (countable) a word in aorist aspect