English

Alternative forms

• indirectly transitive

Adjective

indirect transitive ‎(not comparable)

1. (grammar, of a verb) Taking an indirect object.
   • 1999, Monique L'Huillier, Advanced French Grammar, ISBN 0521484251, page 245:

     French indirect transitive verbs, i.e. verbs which take an indirect object, cannot be passive.

   • 2008, Mark Donohue & ‎Søren Wichmann, The Typology of Semantic Alignment, ISBN 0191528781, page 209:

     It is common, not only for perception verbs but also for verbs that convey a metaphorically directional action with partially affected objects (especially animate objects), to display canonical indirect transitive constructions.

   • 2008, Hindi-speaking Two-year-old Children's Development of Verb Constructions, ISBN 0549518665:

     Overall children's performance on direct transitive event (e.g. girl crumpling a paper) was not significantly different from their performance on the indirect transitive event (e.g. man putting powder in a liquid that changes its color).