"negative clause" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: negative clauses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} negative clause (plural negative clauses)
  1. (grammar) a clause that states a negative Categories (topical): Grammar Translations (negative clause, negative sentence): جُمْلَة مَنْفِيَّة (jumla manfiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), 否定句 (fǒudìngjù) (Chinese Mandarin), ontkennende zin [masculine] (Dutch), kieltolause (Finnish), phrase négative [feminine] (French), negativer Satz [masculine] (German), 否定文 (hiteibun) (alt: ひていぶん) (Japanese), отрица́тельное предложе́ние (otricátelʹnoje predložénije) [neuter] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jumla manfiyya",
      "sense": "negative clause, negative sentence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ontkennende zin"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "roman": "otricátelʹnoje predložénije",
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      ],
      "word": "отрица́тельное предложе́ние"
    }
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