Meaning of neuter voice | Babel Free

Definitions

A voice which is neither active nor passive (nor middle voice); the voice assigned to a copulative verb.

uncommon, uncountable, usually

Examples

“He uſes the word UNUM, in the neuter voice; which does not belong⟳ to a ſingle peſson, but to an (u) unity of perſons.”

“These likewise terminate in ся, and without the particle they are not used. They have⟳ the meaning of verbs of either the active or neuter voice.”

“Such verbs really have⟳ no voice, but for convenience we may say⟳ they are in the neuter voice.”

“We have⟳ the Neuter Voice, or Passive of the Intransitive, also āchia (20/16, 20/25), jāiā (for jāiă?: 16/14), mohia (51/23); ho=bhūyate (12/29).”

“... the neuter voice, we have⟳ in verbs of adjectival nature the distinction of inchoative and static forms, such as "to be yellow (static, descriptive)" and "to become⟳ yellow (inchoative)"”

“... the laughter, a voice without gender, without inflection, a neuter voice: "I wish⟳ I may, I wish⟳ I might.”

“It is the narrative voice, a neuter voice that speaks the work⟳ from that place-less place⟳ in which the work⟳ is silent.”

“"I am receiving a communications signal," the aerospace truck told Sinead and the XTs, using a stiff neuter voice now that Silvercup's essence had been withdrawn from it.”

“Historically reflexive verbs expressing neuter voice consists of three members - active voice - neuter voice - passive voice.”

“For instance, while the Hebrew of the Old Testament has only masculine and feminine voice, the New Testament Greek has a neuter voice as well.”

“Yet no sooner is the neuter voice heard than it blends listlessly into background sound⟳, a murmur clueless about things. The neuter voice is too reticent, too timid—too unjust—to be audible.”

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