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kobayashi ḫamṭu @mattboot.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

i don't know that i've ever seen "negative" as a verb. i would say "negate" for all these. maybe this is a more precise linguistic term than "negate"?

Layton Sahidic Coptic grammar. rogation; the indispensable negator is an. E.g. мн M-al an пє псунре M-п2ам-(yє Matt 13:55 "Is it not this one who is the carpenter's son?"
(g) Incapable of being negatived are: (i) the suffixally conjugated verboids Narat- "blessed is ...' 378, пєхє- 'said' 380, Neup- 'is pleasant' and оуєт- 'is distinct' 382; (ii) тарє- the future conjunctive base 357; (iii) the impersonal predicate 2aмoї 487; (iv) the existential-indicating base eIc-
'behold' 477.
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NEXUS MORPHS AND NEGATORS
SPECIFIC NEGATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL ELEMENT OF THE TEXT
251 The following morphs can express negation where nexus is not present.
(a) The prefix M- negatives the lexical content of the infinitive as verbal noun, and the combination TM-Infinitive enters into article phrases; cf. 105(c).
(b) (N-)... aN can specifically negative the grammatical relationship of an individual element of the text (attributive term 98, entity term 143, inflected modifier 157, adverbial modifier 199, conjunction 236).

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kobayashi ḫamṭu @mattboot.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

i can't tell if it is very formal or very informal

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Huw TD @huwtd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Which grammar is this?

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