effet
Keywords: plumbing
Pronunciation (IPA): | 'ef.fet |
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Part of Speech: | term noun verb |
Class: | pali |
Forms: | effet |
Glosses: | spout, spigot, tap, gush |
Description:
The term 'effet' refers to a device for releasing a fluid, like a tap, spigot or spout, frequently with a toggle to turn the flow on and off.
Noun:
As a noun, 'effet' refers to anything like a spigot, spout, tap, etc that is typcially a human-made device or structure that is used to release a fluid from a system, most often water or a liquid, but it can be a gas. There is usually a toggle to control or stop the flow, but doesn't have to be.
Verb:
As a verb, 'effet' means 'to gush', but doesn't necessaily have the same implication of a powerful or large flow that the English word does, it could also be applied to a trickle. It is an intransitive skurun verb. The absolutive subject is the substance gushing. Optionally, the source of the gushing can be added perphrastically using the preposition 'ro'. Modifiers can be used to specify the strength,
A causative skurun form can be used where a source of the gushing can instead be added as an ergative subject. This form places more focus on the source than the action.