construct state

English

Noun

construct state (plural construct states)

1. (grammar) A noun form associated especially with Afroasiatic languages, but occurring also in Iranian and others; used in construing a nominal with another, particularly for the object of a genitive.

   Synonym: status constructus

   Antonyms: absolute state, status absolutus

   Coordinate term: governed state

Translations

a noun form, associated with the genitive

• Arabic: إِضَافَة f (ʔiḍāfa)
• French: état construit m
• German: Status constructus m, Constructus m (Konstruktus m)
• Hebrew: סְמִיכוּת (he) f (smikhút)
• Persian: اضافه (fa) (ezâfe)
• Russian: ида́фа f (idáfa) (in Arabic), изафе́т (ru) (izafét), смихут (smixut) (in Hebrew)
• Spanish: estado constructo m
• Tajik: изофа (izofa)