asseverative
asseverative adjective: characterized by asseveration; asserting positively.
Adjective
asseverative (comparative more asseverative, superlative most asseverative)
- Characterized by asseveration; asserting positively.
- Serving to emphasize the certainty or truth of a statement.
- Further, it is strongly possible that the emphatic or asseverative lamed is etymologically distinct from the preposition, though the Masoretes do not distinguish the two.1990, Bruce K. Waltke, Michael Patrick O'Connor, An Introduction to Biblical Hebrew Syntax, page 211
- A prosthetic 'aleph was added in Hebrew […] and this gave a graphemic distinction between the negative and the asseverative, but the asseverative nevertheless eventually disappeared in Hebrew and other Canaanite dialects.2013, William M. Schniedewind, A Social History of Hebrew:, page 152
Noun
asseverative (plural asseveratives)
- A linguistic structure that serves to emphasize the certainty or truth of a statement.
Forms of asseverative
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more asseverative |
| superlative | most asseverative |
| Noun | |
| plural | asseveratives |
Origin of asseverative
From asseverate + -ive.
Words formed from asseverative
Questions about asseverative
- What does asseverative mean?
- Asseverative means characterized by asseveration; asserting positively.
- What part of speech is asseverative?
- Asseverative can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near asseverative in the dictionary
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