"benefactive" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From Latin benefactus (“benefited”) plus -ive. Attested since the twentieth century. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|benefactus|t=benefited}} Latin benefactus (“benefited”), {{affix|en|-ive}} -ive Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} benefactive (not comparable)
  1. (linguistics) Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the beneficiary of an action. Expressed in English as "on behalf of" or "on one's behalf." Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics Derived forms: benefactive case
    Sense id: en-benefactive-en-adj-pPbE7Mdi Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ive Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 64 36 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Noun [English]

Forms: benefactives [plural]
Etymology: From Latin benefactus (“benefited”) plus -ive. Attested since the twentieth century. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|benefactus|t=benefited}} Latin benefactus (“benefited”), {{affix|en|-ive}} -ive Head templates: {{en-noun}} benefactive (plural benefactives)
  1. A term or sentence element that serves a benefactive role or that is inflected for the benefactive case or a similar case (such as the dative case). Categories (topical): Grammatical cases
    Sense id: en-benefactive-en-noun-hNgNWWcG Disambiguation of Grammatical cases: 40 60 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 49

Inflected forms

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