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OPTATIVE MOOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does optative mood mean?
• OPTATIVE MOOD (noun)
The noun OPTATIVE MOOD has 1 sense:
1. a mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
Familiarity information: OPTATIVE MOOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mood (as in Greek or Sanskrit) that expresses a wish or hope; expressed in English by modal verbs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Synonyms:
optative; optative mood
Hypernyms ("optative mood" is a kind of...):
modality; mode; mood (verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker)
Domain category:
Sanskrit; Sanskritic language ((Hinduism) an ancient language of India (the language of the Vedas and of Hinduism); an official language of India although it is now used only for religious purposes)
Domain region:
Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)
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