Meanings
adjectivedoubly transitive (not comparable)
- not comparablehuman sciencesSynonym of ditransitive.
Verbs that are doubly transitive, or that take a complement in the accusative in addition to a direct object, retain the accusative second object or complement in the passive voice.
1994, Wheeler M. Thackston, chapter 21, in An Introduction to Koranic and Classical Arabic: An Elementary Grammar of the Language, page 124Synonyms: ditransitive
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSynonym of ditransitive.
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