D-stem

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of doubled stem, due to the fact that verbs in this stem typically have a doubled second radical.

Noun

D-stem (plural D-stems)

  1. (linguistics) the intensive stem/verbal construction of a root, typically denoting intensity, transitivity, and multiplication, particularly in Semitic languages
    Synonyms: (Hebrew linguistics) binyan pi'el, (Aramaic linguistics) pa'el stem, (Arabic linguistics) form II
    Hypernym: (Hebrew linguistics) binyan kaved

See also

  • G-stem
  • tG-stem
  • tD-stem
  • L-stem
  • tL-stem
  • Š-stem
  • Št-stem
  • ŠtG-stem
  • N-stem
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