活かつ語ご

noun

living language

Refers to a language that is currently spoken and used in daily life, as opposed to a dead language. Often contrasted with 死語.

Antonyms: 死語

• ラテン語ごは死し語ごだが、日本にほん語ごは活かつ語ごである。

  Latin is a dead language, but Japanese is a living language.

noun

inflecting word

Obsolete grammatical term for a word that undergoes inflection, such as verbs and adjectives. Modern term is 活用語.

See also: 活用語

• 古こ典てん文ぶん法ぽうでは、動どう詞しや形けい容よう詞しを活かつ語ごと呼よんだ。

  In classical grammar, verbs and adjectives were called inflecting words.