supine

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Lying on its back.
2. Turned facing toward the body or upward: with the thumb outward (palm up), or with the big toe raised relative to the little toe.
3. (figuratively) Reluctant to take action due to indifference or moral weakness; apathetic or passive towards something.
4. (poetic, rare) Inclining or leaning backward; inclined, sloping.

Noun

1. (also, attributive) In Latin and other languages: a type of verbal noun used in the ablative and accusative cases, which shares the same stem as the passive participle.
2. (also, attributive) In Swedish, Faroese, Icelandic and Old Norse: a verb form that combines with an inflection of ha/hafa/hava to form the present perfect and pluperfect tenses.
3. (also, attributive) (obsolete terminology) The 'to'-prefixed infinitive in English or other Germanic languages, so named because the infinitive was regarded as a verbal noun and the 'to'-prefixed form of it was seen as the dative form of the verbal noun; the full infinitive.

Teenoorgestelde van

prone, prostrate

Sinonieme

resupine

inactive

lying on one’s back

passive

recumbent

sluggish

resistless

unresisting

lying

nonchalant

reclined

reclining

superlative

lying on back

palm upward

face up

supplicative

indifferent

indolent

inert

laying down

lazy

lethargic

logy

Vertalings

supino

supinum

Supinum

supino

supin

supino

ύπτιος

supinum

dócil

Lagewort

passivo

σουπίνο

gleichgültig

letárgico

kaygısız

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈs(j)uːpaɪn/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Katalaans: supí

Verwante met Italiaans: supino

Verwante met Old French: sovin

Verwante met Middle French: souvin

Verwante met Anglo-Norman: supin

Verwante met Old Provençal: sobin

Verwante met Portugees: supino

Verwante met Spaans: supino

Geërf van Middle English: supin

In summary

The adjective is borrowed from Latin supīnus, from *sup- (see sub (“under”)) + -īnus (“of, pertaining to”). The word is cognate with Catalan supí, Italian supino, Old French sovin, Middle French souvin, Anglo-Norman supin, Old Occitan sobin, sopin, Portuguese supino, Spanish supino. Partly displaced Old English upweard (“upward, supine”), whence Modern English upward.
The noun is from Late Middle English supin (“supine of a Latin verb”) or Middle French supin (“(grammar) supine”), from Latin supīnum, (ellipsis of supīnum verbum (“supine verb”)), from supīnus; further etymology above.