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English adjective: optative

1. optative indicating an option or wish

2. optative relating to a mood of verbs in some languages


SamplesOptative verb endings.


Domain categorygrammar


English noun: optative

1. optative a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs


Synonymsoptative mood


Broader (hypernym)modality, mode, mood


Domain categorySanskrit, Sanskritic language


Domain regionEllas, Greece, Hellenic Republic









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