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optative - Meaning in Bengali

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optative - Meaning in Bengali

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optative Word Forms & Inflections

optatives (noun plural)

Definitions and Meaning of optative in English

optative adjective

  1. relating to a mood of verbs in some languages

    Example

    • "optative verb endings"
  2. indicating an option or wish

optative noun

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

    Synonyms

    optative mood

Synonyms of optative

Description

The optative mood is a grammatical mood that indicates a wish or hope regarding a given action. It is a superset of the cohortative mood and is closely related to the subjunctive mood but is distinct from the desiderative mood. English has no morphological optative, but various constructions impute an optative meaning. Examples of languages with a morphological optative mood are Ancient Greek, Albanian, Armenian, Georgian, Friulian, Kazakh, Kurdish, Navajo, Old Prussian, Old Persian, Sanskrit, Turkish, and Yup'ik.

Also see "Optative mood" on Wikipedia

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noun 

optative formsঅপটিভ ফর্ম

What is optative meaning in Bengali?

The word or phrase optative refers to relating to a mood of verbs in some languages, or indicating an option or wish, or a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs. See optative meaning in Bengali, optative definition, translation and meaning of optative in Bengali. Find optative similar words, optative synonyms. Learn and practice the pronunciation of optative. Find the answer of what is the meaning of optative in Bengali.

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