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PRONUNCIATION OF BENEDICTIVE

benedictive  [ˌbɛnɪˈdɪktɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BENEDICTIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Benedictive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BENEDICTIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Benedictive

The benedictive mood is found in Sanskrit, although extremely rarely. It expresses a blessing or wish, such as found in the English expressions "long live the king" and "may the force be with you". For verbs in the active voice, it is formed by adding endings very similar to the athematic optative endings directly to the verb root itself. Essentially, the sibilant -s is inserted between the optative marker -yā and the personal endings. By the action of the rules of sandhi, the second- and third-person benedictive endings are identical to the corresponding optative endings. Middle voice benedictives are not found in Classical Sanskrit. For example, the verb root bhū forms the benedictive thus...

Definition of benedictive in the English dictionary

The definition of benedictive in the dictionary is relating to a benediction or blessing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BENEDICTIVE


addictive
əˈdɪktɪv
adjective
ˈædʒɪktɪv
afflictive
əˈflɪktɪv
conflictive
kənˈflɪktɪv
constrictive
kənˈstrɪktɪv
contradictive
ˌkɒntrəˈdɪktɪv
depictive
dɪˈpɪktɪv
fictive
ˈfɪktɪv
inflictive
ɪnˈflɪktɪv
interdictive
ˌɪntəˈdɪktɪv
jurisdictive
ˌdʒʊərɪsˈdɪktɪv
magnetostrictive
mæɡˌniːtəʊrɪˈstrɪktɪv
maledictive
ˌmælɪˈdɪktɪv
nonaddictive
ˌnɒnəˈdɪktɪv
nonrestrictive
ˌnɒnrɪˈstrɪktɪv
predictive
prɪˈdɪktɪv
restrictive
rɪˈstrɪktɪv
retrodictive
ˌretrəˈdɪktɪv
vasoconstrictive
ˌveɪzəʊkənˈstrɪktɪv
vindictive
vɪnˈdɪktɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BENEDICTIVE

benedicite
benedick
Benedict
Benedict XV
Benedict XVI
Benedict´s reagent
Benedict´s solution
Benedictine
benediction
benedictional
benedictory
Benedictus
benedight
benefact
benefaction
benefactor
benefactory
benefactress
benefic
benefice

WORDS THAT END LIKE BENEDICTIVE

active
alternative
attractive
collective
cost-effective
defective
destructive
detective
directive
distinctive
effective
inactive
interactive
objective
perspective
productive
prospective
protective
respective
selective
subjective

Synonyms and antonyms of benedictive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «benedictive» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

benedictive
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

benedictive
570 millions of speakers

English

benedictive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

benedictive
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

benedictive
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

benedictive
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

benedictive
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

benedictive
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

benedictive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersemangat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

segens
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

benedictive
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

benedictive
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Benedictive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

benedictive
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

benedictive
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेलिडिटीव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

benedictive
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

benedicente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

benedictive
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

benedictive
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

benedictive
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ευχαριστήριο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

benedictive
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

benedictive
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

benedictive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of benedictive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BENEDICTIVE»

The term «benedictive» is barely ever used and occupies the 196.132 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BENEDICTIVE» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BENEDICTIVE»

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A Sanskrit grammar for beginners
benedictive Atmanepada to the strengthening forms 344). Hence from ftr^ chit, Par. fcrWTO chitydsam, Atm. ^firefal chetisMya. § 388. The benedictive Parasmaipada never takes intermediate ^ i. The benedictive Atmanepada generally takes ...
Max Muller, 1866
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A Sanskrit Grammar for Beginners in Devanagari and Roman ...
ATMANEPADA. l. eldhe 2m? eta/svahe Emmi elajsmlllle 2. mi e14.” mi: erdsazhe was era's/we 3. 2'?" ad 21rd eid'm m2 Blimp Benedictive. § 385. The so-called benedictive is formed in close analogy to the optative. It differs from the optative ...
Friedrich Max Müller, 1870
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A Sanskrit Grammar for Beginners: In Devanagari and Roman ...
The so-called benedictive is formed in close analogy to the optative. It differs from the optative by not admitting the full modified verbal base, and, secondly, by the insertion of an t^s before the personal terminations. In the Parasmaipada this ...
Friedrich Max Müller, 1870
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A Sanskrit Grammar for Beginners, in Devanâgarî and Roman ...
benedictive Atmanepada to the strengthening forms 344). Hence from f*r^ chit, Par. farWPR chitydsam, Atm. ^fffq'fai chetishiya. § 388. The benedictive Parasmaipada never takes intermediate ^ i. The benedictive Atmanepada generally takes ...
Max Müller, 1866
5
Handbooks for the Study of Sanskrit
benedictive Atmanepada to the strengthening forms (§ 344). Hence from chit, Par . fcnril chitydsam, Atm. ^ftnftn chetishiya. § 388. The benedictive Parasmaipada never takes intermediate ^ i. The benedictive Atmanepada generally takes ...
Friedrich Max Müller, 1866
6
A pratical grammar of the Sanscrit Language, arranged with ...
Benedictive or precative. 442. Observe, that the terminations of this tense resemble those of the potential in the memorial scheme at p. 105. In the 2d and 3d singular they are identical. In the other persons of the Parasmai a sibilant is inserted, ...
Monier Williams, 1857
7
Glossary of Hindi/Urdu and English linguistic terminology : ...
Umberto Nardella. LahrT(?fiffr): wave (BT 1963: 806). || vicar -, wave of thought ( BT 1963: 806). Laja'I OLJ): || - uzv, organ of corti (BPU 1987: 52). Lakar (H*K): mood (BT 1963: 569. 570), tense (BT 1963: 569) [S]. || asi -, benedictive mood [ BT ...
Umberto Nardella, 2008
8
The Astadhyayi of Panini
This rule- will not apply, if the Benedictive and Aorist affixes are Parasmaipadi. Thus the Aorist ot Har ' to let off,' is sr + f^ + 3V?. - T + ?+v + ir +□ tf* (VI- »□ 5s) □ ^''^ + *5<VI' '• 77* " □WHftW (VII. 2. I). Similarly from fjwo have Aorist ...
‎1996
9
A Practical Grammar of the Sanskrit Language: Arranged with ...
'to diminish,' TR«T. e. When the consonant which follows the initial vowel has another vowel after it, this vowel must appear in the reduplication : thus, from <ei< 4*i1^ 10th c, ' to despise/ comes the aorist VTI^< Benedictive and conditional of ...
Sir Monier Monier-Williams, 1864
10
A Sanskrit Manual
The inserted 5 is lengthened in the Benedictive of Jl?^. The Atmanepada terminations are as follows : f> in the Benedictive atm. ^in the Benedictive atm. 143. The Benedictivc passive is identical with the atmanepada and FUTURE TENSE ...

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BENEDICTIVE»

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At the New Russ and Daughters Cafe, a Nerve-Wracking Voyage …
... Daughters Cafe, the new sit-down expansion of the legendary Russ & Daughters Appetizing Store, the query was especially benedictive. «New York Observer, Jul 14»
2
Art Is Not a Vector It Is a Field: Looking at Jesse Soodalter's Abstract …
... opposites of the first things -- in this instance, the pinioning cruelty she describes is opposed to the benedictive gentleness I described. «Huffington Post, Sep 13»
3
October 2012 Contemporary Poetry Reviews
But it simply doesn't do, any longer, to write or read poems whose advancements on the Romantics are merely benedictive, whose tonalities ... «Huffington Post, Oct 12»
4
The Dardenne Brothers Discuss Their New Film The Kid With a Bike
... moments of transcendent beauty with a single Beethoven phrase, gorgeous and benedictive, recurringly used in scenes with the boy. «Slate Magazine, Feb 12»

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