Example: nísi/yínsa "forget" This verb type is quite similar to the defectiveverb type ráma/yírmi. The primary differences are: The occurrence of i and
both also at Canterbury. The title of her doctoral thesis was The defectiveverb in modern Russian. In Christchurch in 1964 or 1965, Turtle married Alex
There are several words in Zarma to translate the English "to be". The defectiveverb tí is used to equate two noun phrases, with the emphasized completive
All Permian Komi verbs are conjugated in the same way, except for the defectiveverb вöвны 'to be'. Negation is mostly expressed by a conjugated negator
as well. In Turkish, there is a verb representing to be, but it is a defectiveverb. It doesn't have an infinitive or several other tenses. It is usually
notionally temporary state, action, or quality to the subject, and is (a defectiveverb that has only two forms), used to show a notional permanent identity
{DIR-REL + is} hairy very "the man who is very hairy" There is also a defectiveverb "piau" (usually lenited to "biau"), corresponding to "who own(s)": y
written Arabic (Hans Wehr, J. Milton Cowan) also lists a supposed Form IX defectiveverb ارعوى irʿawā 'desist (from sin), repent, see the light'; however, this
wished for: The copula in Turkish appears in only two variants―*imek, a defectiveverb often attached to the noun, and olmek, which is a detached regular auxiliary
addition, certain forms of -te jowa often contract to make an irregular defectiveverb -teija (stem *-tew-, quot.say). This verb has the following forms: attributive