inceptive

Borrowed from French inceptif, from the Latin inceptīvus, from incipiō (“I begin”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɛptɪv/

inceptive (comparative more inceptive, superlative most inceptive)

1. Beginning; of or relating to inception.
2. (grammar) Aspectually inflected to show that the action is beginning.

   Few languages have an inceptive aspect. In some that do, it is identical to the inchoative aspect. The inceptive aspect is often translated into English as "to start [doing something]".

• inception
• incept
• incipient

inceptive (plural inceptives)

1. (grammar) An inceptive construction.

inceptive

1. vocative masculine singular of inceptivus