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Definition of Desiderative
1. a. Denoting desire; as, desiderative verbs.
2. n. An object of desire.
Definition of Desiderative
1. Noun. (linguistics) A verbal mood that has the meaning of "wanting to do something", found in languages such as ancient greek and Sanskrit. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Desiderative
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Desiderative
Literary usage of Desiderative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"One instance has clearly desiderative meaning: 87.9 ïr ... In the other desiderative
formations it is quite uncertain whether the stem with -5 is a noun or ..."
2. A Sanskrit Grammar for Beginners, in Devanâgarî and Roman Letters Throughout by Friedrich Max Müller (1870)
"The following verbs shorten their vowel to ^ i before the ^s of the desiderative,
insert 1^< (Pan. vn. 4, 54), and reject the reduplication. ..."
3. A Practical grammar of the Sanskrit language: Arranged with Reference to the by Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1864)
"Every root in the ten classes may take a desiderative form. a. Although this form
of the root is not often used, in classical composition, in its character ..."
4. A Grammar of the Greek Language by Alpheus Crosby (1860)
"desiderative, § 5 9 V. A wish is expressed either with or without a definite
looking forward to its realization. In the former case, it is expressed by the ..."
5. An Elementary Grammar of the Sanscrit Language: Partly in the Roman by Monier Monier-Williams, Manu (1846)
"Moreover, there are certain roots which take a desiderative form, without exactly
yielding a volitive signification ; and these, as being equivalent to ..."
6. A Japanese Grammar by Johann Joseph Hoffmann (1868)
"The desiderative verbs. I. desiderative verbs are formed by grafting on the root
of the verb, the word expressive of quality Ta, = desirous. ..."
7. A Text-book of Colloquial Japanese by Rudolf Lange, Christopher Noss (1903)
"CHAPTER XLVI desiderative tabe-tai wish to eat Negative " tabe-taku nai do not
wish to eat Alternative labe-iati at times eating Negative ..."
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