- 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...
- iterative/inceptive ("I did
something repeatedly"/"I
began to do something"),
desiderative ("I want to do something"). The
formation of
secondary verbs remained...
- is
closely related to the
subjunctive mood but is
distinct from the
desiderative mood.
English has no
morphological optative, but
various constructions...
-
imperfective -iraa, and the
desiderative -ee. For example, from the root
kache ("hang"), one can
derive the
desiderative a-kache-r-ee-waa "to want to...
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afatala prefatory converb -nggala/nggele/nggolo
afanggala desiderative 1 -ki
afaki desiderative 2 -kini
afakini optative -cina
afacina temeritive -rahū...
- 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...
- past suffixes) conditional-conjunctive (-ińd́eŕa-v(V)ĺ + past suffixes)
desiderative (-ikseĺ + past suffixes)
optative (zo +
present suffixes) imperative...
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Indicative Present Imperfective ****ure
Indicative ****ure ****ure —
Intentional Desiderative Imperative Imperative Imperative Optative Jussive Optative — Potential...
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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...