pasif

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch passief (“passive”), from Latin passivus (“serving to express the suffering of an action”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpasif/ [ˈpa.sɪf]
• Rhymes: -asif
• Syllabification: pa‧sif

Adjective

pasif (comparative lebih pasif, superlative paling pasif)

1. passive

   Antonym: aktif

Derived terms

• kepasifan (“passiveness, passivity”)
• pasifkan (“to passivize”)
• pemasifan (“passivization”)
• sepasif (“as passive as”)
• terpasif (“most passive”)

Related terms

• pasiva

Descendants

• → Malay: pasif

Further reading

• “pasif”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English passive (“passive”), from Middle English passyf, passyve, from Middle French, French passif, from Latin passivus (“serving to express the suffering of an action; in late Latin literally capable of suffering or feeling”), from passus, past participle of pati (“to suffer”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₁- (“to hurt”). By surface analysis, pas +‎ -if.

Pronunciation

• (English-based) IPA^(key): [pɛ.sif]

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• (Baku) IPA^(key): [pa.sif]

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• Rhymes: -sif, -if
• Hyphenation: pa‧sif

Adjective

pasif (Jawi spelling ڤاسيف, comparative lebih pasif, superlative paling pasif)

1. Passive:
   1. Being subjected to an action without producing a reaction.

      Antonym: aktif

   2. (grammar) Being in the passive voice.

      Antonym: aktif

Affixations

• kepasifan
• pasifkan

Further reading

• "pasif" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Turkish

Etymology

From French passif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɑ.sif/

Adjective

pasif

1. passive
2. inactive
3. nonviolent
4. (gay slang) bottom

Declension

Predicative forms of pasif

present tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I am)	pasifim	pasif miyim?
sen (you are)	pasifsin	pasif misin?
o (he/she/it is)	pasif / pasiftir	pasif mi?
biz (we are)	pasifiz	pasif miyiz?
siz (you are)	pasifsiniz	pasif misiniz?
onlar (they are)	pasif(ler)	pasif(ler) mi?
past tense
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	pasiftim	pasif miydim?
sen (you were)	pasiftin	pasif miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	pasifti	pasif miydi?
biz (we were)	pasiftik	pasif miydik?
siz (you were)	pasiftiniz	pasif miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	pasiftiler	pasif miydiler?
indirect past
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (I was)	pasifmişim	pasif miymişim?
sen (you were)	pasifmişsin	pasif miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	pasifmiş	pasif miymiş?
biz (we were)	pasifmişiz	pasif miymişiz?
siz (you were)	pasifmişsiniz	pasif miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	pasifmişler	pasif miymişler?
conditional
	positive declarative	positive interrogative
ben (if I)	pasifsem	pasif miysem?
sen (if you)	pasifsen	pasif miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	pasifse	pasif miyse?
biz (if we)	pasifsek	pasif miysek?
siz (if you)	pasifseniz	pasif miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	pasifseler	pasif miyseler?

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “passive, inactive, bottom”): aktif

Derived terms

• pasiflik