adoptiv

Danish

Etymology

From Latin adoptivus, from adoptare (adopt), from ad- (to, towards, at) + optāre (to choose, desire).

Adjective

adoptiv

  1. (archaic) adoptive

Usage notes

Only used in compounds.

Inflection

Inflection of adoptiv
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular adoptiv 2
Neuter singular adoptivt 2
Plural adoptive 2
Definite attributive1 adoptive
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Derived terms


Swedish

Adjective

adoptiv

  1. adoptive (pertaining to adoption)

Declension

Inflection of adoptiv
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular adoptiv
Neuter singular adoptivt
Plural adoptiva
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 adoptive
All adoptiva
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
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