- In linguistics, a
desiderative (abbreviated DESI or DES) form is one that has the
meaning of "wanting to X".
Desiderative forms are
often verbs, derived...
- jī́vati "he lives". The
desiderative in
Sanskrit may also be used as imminent: mumūrṣati "he is
about to die". The
Sanskrit desiderative continues Proto-Indo-European...
-
fight for Pandavas. The word
yuyutsu is an
adjective formed from the
desiderative stem of the verb root "yudh" (fight, wage war),
meaning "wishing to fight...
- that he
understand that")
Desiderative: Vive la république! ("Long live the republic!")
Sometimes it is not:
Desiderative: Que la lumière soit! ("Let...
- is
closely related to the
subjunctive mood but is
distinct from the
desiderative mood.
English has no
morphological optative, but
various constructions...
- iterative/inceptive ("I did
something repeatedly"/"I
began to do something"),
desiderative ("I want to do something"). The
formation of
secondary verbs remained...
- songs, as well as a motto. Linguistically, "kia kaha"
consists of the
desiderative verbal particle kia, used here as 'an
encouragement to
achieve the state...
- tense, and
exists in all
persons but the
first person singular.
Desiderative: The
desiderative is used to
express desires. It can be
formed for all persons...
-
Indicative Present Imperfective ****ure
Indicative ****ure ****ure —
Intentional Desiderative Imperative Imperative Imperative Optative Jussive Optative — Potential...
- *h₁ést). Secondly, the
desiderative suffix of *-s-/-so-
became the ****ure
suffix in Proto-Italic. The
subjunctive of this
desiderative-****ure, with a suffix...
