Word: desideratives
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: de
si
der
a
tives
Definition: Plural of desiderative. A verbal mood that has the meaning of “wanting to do something”, found in languages such as Ancient Greek and Sanskrit; the optative.
Morphemes:
Affix: desiderative
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A verbal mood that has the meaning of “wanting to do something”, found in languages such as Ancient Greek and Sanskrit; the optative.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: de-
Language: la
Decoded: de-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: de-
Affix: sīder-
Language: la
Decoded: sider-
Meaning: sīder-
Affix: -īvus
Language: la
Decoded: -ivus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Adjective suffix.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).