"malefactive" meaning in English

See malefactive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Parallel in formation with both malefactor and maleficent (which see). By surface analysis, Latin malefact(us) + -ive. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|la:malefactus<alt:malefact(us)>|-ive}} By surface analysis, Latin malefact(us) + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} malefactive (not comparable)
  1. (linguistics) Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the person who is harmed or who loses out by an action. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-malefactive-en-adj-kPWHaBbb Categories (other): Linguistics Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Noun

Forms: malefactives [plural]
Etymology: Parallel in formation with both malefactor and maleficent (which see). By surface analysis, Latin malefact(us) + -ive. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|la:malefactus<alt:malefact(us)>|-ive}} By surface analysis, Latin malefact(us) + -ive Head templates: {{en-noun}} malefactive (plural malefactives)
  1. (linguistics) A term or sentence element that serves a malefactive role or that is inflected for the malefactive case. Related terms: malefactor, maleficent, maleficient
    Sense id: en-malefactive-en-noun-HvWhPClh Categories (other): Linguistics, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Grammatical cases Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Grammatical cases: 33 67 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

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