praegnans constructio
English
/ˈpʰɹeɪɡ.nænz‿kɒnˈstɹʊk.tiː.oʊ/
noun
Definitions
- (brachylogy) A construction commonly found in Greek and Hebrew in which either a verb of motion is pared with a locative prepositional phrase or a static verb is pared with an allative preposition phrase.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cōnstructiō (a grammatical construction), praegnāns (pregnant).
Origin
Latin
praegnāns
Gloss
pregnant
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
妊, 娠
Emoji
🤰
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cōnstructiō Latin
- praegnāns Latin
- prégnant French
- *strew- Proto-Indo-European
- konstruktion Danish
- prægnant Danish
- construction Old French
- pregnant Old French
- preignant Old French