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(grammar, of a verb) inflected to indicate that an act or state of being is not a fact. examples
plural irrealises
(grammar) An irrealis construct. quotations examples
[…] then it would make sense to view Australian past irrealises as TAM forms combining a modal stative predicate (conveying e.g. a capacity, expectation, or desire state) with a past imperfective content.
2023, Kasia M. Jaszczolt, Understanding Human Time, page 170