pasif
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch passief (“passive”), from Latin passivus (“serving to express the suffering of an action”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈpasif/ [ˈpa.sɪf]
- Rhymes: -asif
- Syllabification: pa‧sif
Adjective
pasif (comparative lebih pasif, superlative paling pasif)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Malay: pasif
Further reading
- “pasif” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English passive (“passive”), from Middle English passyf, passyve, from Middle French, French passif, from Latin passivus (“serving to express the suffering of an action; in late Latin literally capable of suffering or feeling”), from passus, past participle of pati (“to suffer”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”). By surface analysis, pas + -if.
Pronunciation
- (English-based) IPA(key): [pɛ.sif]
Audio (Malaysia): (file)
- (Baku) IPA(key): [pa.sif]
Audio (Malaysia): (file)
- Rhymes: -sif, -if
- Hyphenation: pa‧sif
Adjective
pasif (Jawi spelling ڤاسيف)
Affixations
Further reading
- “pasif” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Turkish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɑ.sif/
Adjective
pasif
- passive
- inactive
- nonviolent
- (gay slang) bottom
Declension
| present tense | ||
|---|---|---|
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (I am) | pasifim | pasif miyim? |
| sen (you are) | pasifsin | pasif misin? |
| o (he/she/it is) | pasif / pasiftir | pasif mi? |
| biz (we are) | pasifiz | pasif miyiz? |
| siz (you are) | pasifsiniz | pasif misiniz? |
| onlar (they are) | pasif(ler) | pasif(ler) mi? |
| past tense | ||
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (I was) | pasiftim | pasif miydim? |
| sen (you were) | pasiftin | pasif miydin? |
| o (he/she/it was) | pasifti | pasif miydi? |
| biz (we were) | pasiftik | pasif miydik? |
| siz (you were) | pasiftiniz | pasif miydiniz? |
| onlar (they were) | pasiftiler | pasif miydiler? |
| indirect past | ||
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (I was) | pasifmişim | pasif miymişim? |
| sen (you were) | pasifmişsin | pasif miymişsin? |
| o (he/she/it was) | pasifmiş | pasif miymiş? |
| biz (we were) | pasifmişiz | pasif miymişiz? |
| siz (you were) | pasifmişsiniz | pasif miymişsiniz? |
| onlar (they were) | pasifmişler | pasif miymişler? |
| conditional | ||
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (if I) | pasifsem | pasif miysem? |
| sen (if you) | pasifsen | pasif miysen? |
| o (if he/she/it) | pasifse | pasif miyse? |
| biz (if we) | pasifsek | pasif miysek? |
| siz (if you) | pasifseniz | pasif miyseniz? |
| onlar (if they) | pasifseler | pasif miyseler? |
For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “passive, inactive, bottom”): aktif