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bene·dic·tive

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. benedictory, benedictiveadjective

    expressing benediction

Wiktionary

  1. benedictivenoun

    A particular verbal mood in Sanskrit language.

  2. benedictiveadjective

    Of, relating to, or being a benediction or blessing.

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  1. Benedictive

    The benedictive mood is a grammatical mood found in Sanskrit, although 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 (parasmaipada), 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 (-yāst turns into -yāt for the third person, and -yāss into yās for the second person). Middle voice (ātmanepada) benedictives are not found in Classical Sanskrit. For example, the verb root bhū forms the benedictive thus:

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  1. benedictive

    Benedictive refers to something that bestows or conveys a blessing, benediction, or good wishes. It is related to actions or words intended to show goodwill or invoke divine favor.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Benedictiveadjective

    tending to bless

Wikidata

  1. 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:

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of benedictive in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of benedictive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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