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Definition of Denominatives
1. denominative [n] - See also: denominative
Lexicographical Neighbors of Denominatives
Literary usage of Denominatives
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Sanskrit Grammar for Beginners, in Devanâgarî and Roman Letters Throughout by Friedrich Max Müller (1870)
"Some denominatives are formed without any derivative syllable. ... By adding n
yd to the base of a noun, denominatives are formed expressing a wish. ..."
2. The Principles of Sound and Inflexion as Illustrated in the Greek and Latin by John Edward King, Christopher Cookson (1888)
"Some of them may be denominatives, as, for instance, ... Under the sixth class
we may also reckon the denominatives, whose present stem is formed by the ..."
3. A Short Manual of Comparative Philology for Classical Students by Peter Giles (1895)
"A large number of those which have the infinitive in -'ire are denominatives
from -z-stems, a second large series are onomatopoetic words expressing sounds ..."
4. The Principles of Syriac Grammar by Andreas Gottlieb Hoffmann, Benjamin Harris Cowper (1858)
"Among denominatives are included not only nouns derived from primitives but from
... denominatives continued. Many words of this class are concretes, ..."
5. A Grammar of the Hindi Language: In which are Treated the Standard Hindí by Samuel Henry Kellogg (1876)
"denominatives. 183. Multiplicatives, such as the English ' twice', and ' thrice',
are not found in Hindi. The Hindi idiom is illustrated in such phrases ae ..."
6. The German Language: Outlines of Its Development by Tobias Johann Casjen Diekhoff (1914)
"... Lehre, Liebe, Taufe, Reise, Ehre, Sprache, Gabe, Lage, Rache, Hilfe, Einnahme,
etc. b. In denominatives to Ohg. -i: Breite, Fiille, Hohe, Lange, Nahe, ..."
7. The Beginner's Greek Book by John Williams White (1892)
"The following suffixes denote the agent in primitives (397), the person who has
to do with an object in denominatives : — -tu- (nom. -ev-s, maso. ..."
8. A School Grammar of Attic Greek by Thomas Dwight Goodell (1902)
"denominatives Denominative Veris 415 Verb-stems are made from nouns (1) By merely
adding the endings of conjugation, the stem being unchanged, except by the ..."
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