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construct state

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: status constructus

Antonyms: absolute state, status absolutus

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Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِضَافَة (ʔiḍāfa) — a noun form, associated with the genitive
  • Dutch: status constructus — a noun form, associated with the genitive
  • French: état construit — a noun form, associated with the genitive
  • German: Status constructus — a noun form, associated with the genitive
  • German: Constructus (Konstruktus m) — a noun form, associated with the genitive
  • Hebrew: סְמִיכוּת (smikhút) — a noun form, associated with the genitive
  • Persian: اضافه (ezâfe) — a noun form, associated with the genitive
  • Polish: status constructus — a noun form, associated with the genitive
  • Russian: ида́фа (idáfa) — a noun form, associated with the genitive
  • Russian: изафе́т (izafét) — a noun form, associated with the genitive
  • Russian: смихут (smixut) — a noun form, associated with the genitive
  • Spanish: estado constructo — a noun form, associated with the genitive
  • Tajik: изофа (izofa) — a noun form, associated with the genitive