"inanimacy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: inanimacies [plural]
Etymology: inanimate + -cy Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|inanimate|cy}} inanimate + -cy Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} inanimacy (usually uncountable, plural inanimacies)
  1. (linguistics) In some languages, opposite of animacy, which affects grammatical features (it can modify verbs used with the noun, affect the noun's declension, etc.). Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Linguistics Related terms: animate, inanimate Translations (quality of being inanimate): неодушеве́ност (neoduševénost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), inaniméité [feminine] (French), inanimacité [feminine] (French), Unbelebtheit [feminine] (German), неодушевлённость (neoduševljónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-inanimacy-en-noun-53AM3pag Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cy Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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