optative mood
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Optative mood Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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optative mood
Noun
1. a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
(synonym) optative
(hypernym) mood, mode, modality
(classification) Sanskrit, Sanskritic language
(classification) Greece, Hellenic Republic, Ellas
Noun
1. a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
(synonym) optative
(hypernym) mood, mode, modality
(classification) Sanskrit, Sanskritic language
(classification) Greece, Hellenic Republic, Ellas
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optative mood
optative mood
n : a mood (as in greek or sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in english by modal verbs [syn: optative]
optative mood
(gram.), that mood or form of a verb, as in greek, sanskrit, etc., in which a wish or desire is expressed...
see optative
optative mood
n : a mood (as in greek or sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in english by modal verbs [syn: optative]
optative mood
(gram.), that mood or form of a verb, as in greek, sanskrit, etc., in which a wish or desire is expressed...
see optative
Optative mood Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Optative mood
The optative mood is a grammatical mood that indicates a wish or hope. It is similar to the cohortative mood, and closely related to the subjunctive mood.
Greek (Ancient and to some extent Koine), Albanian, Georgian, Old Prussian, Sanskrit, and Turkish are examples of languages with an optative mood.
In English, the optative is expressed by the use of a modal verb (e.g. that you might find what you're looking for).
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