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/fiˈ(j)ɛntɪv/ · adjective
(grammar, Semitic linguistics) designating a durative and dynamic action performed by the subject.
This underlines again that a contrast of nominality versus verbality conveys a stative versus fientive purport.
The basic idea is that what previous scholarship categorised as a stative, viz. the various forms going back to a derivation with a long ē, is in fact a fientive, i.e. it designates the becoming and not the being.
Use fientive when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fientive means (grammar, Semitic linguistics) designating a durative and dynamic action performed by the subject.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
This underlines again that a contrast of nominality versus verbality conveys a stative versus fientive purport.
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