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benefactive — /ben euh fak tiv/, Ling. adj. 1. of or pertaining to a linguistic form, case, or semantic role that denotes the person or persons for whom an action is performed, as for his son in He opened the door for his son. n. 2. a benefactive form or case … Universalium
benefactive — I. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷tiv adjective Etymology: Latin benefactus + English ive of a linguistic form : indicating that someone is benefited used especially of affixes and verb forms in various American Indian languages II. noun ( … Useful english dictionary
Benefactive case — The benefactive case (abbreviated BEN) is a case used where English would use for , for the benefit of , or intended for , e.g. She opened the door for Tom or This book is for Bob .This meaning is often incorporated in a dative case. In Latin… … Wikipedia
benefactive case — noun A case used to indicate beneficiary, or the receiver of the benefit. It corresponds roughly to the English prepositions for, for the benefit of, and intended for. Basque and Quechua are languages with a benefactive case … Wiktionary
benefactive — adjective Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the beneficiary of an action … Wiktionary
benefactive — ben·e·fac·tive … English syllables
benefactive role — noun the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause • Syn: ↑beneficiary • Hypernyms: ↑semantic role, ↑participant role … Useful english dictionary
Mingrelian grammar — Megrelian is one of Kartvelian languages mainly spoken in Western Georgia (the regions of Samegrelo and Abkhazia). In Abkhazia the number of Megrelian speakers declined dramatically in 1990s as a result of heavy ethnic cleansing of Georgian… … Wikipedia
Ubykh language — language name=Ubykh nativename=twaχəbza familycolor=Caucasian states=Turkey region=Manyas, Balıkesir extinct=October 1992 when Tevfik Esenç died fam1=North Caucasian (disputed) fam2=Northwest Caucasian iso2=cau iso3=ubyUbykh or Ubyx is a language … Wikipedia
Tagalog grammar — This article describes the grammar of both Tagalog, and Filipino mdash; which is de facto based on Tagalog.Nouns (Pangngalan)While Tagalog nouns are not inflected, they are usually preceded by case markers. There are three types of case markers:… … Wikipedia
