Specificative
Translation of "specificative" into Russian
specificative
AdjectiveUK
/spəˈsɪfɪkətɪv/
US
/spəˈsɪfɪkətɪv/
specificative
more specificative Comp.
most specificative Super.
The specificative details in the report helped clarify the situation.
Уточняющие детали в отчете помогли прояснить ситуацию.
Definitions
specificative
NounUK
/spəˈsɪfɪkətɪv/
US
/spəˈsɪfɪkətɪv/
A grammatical case (or other marking) that indicates that the referent of a noun phrase is specific or definite.
The specificative is rarely used outside formal contexts in that language.
specificative
AdjectiveUK
/spəˈsɪfɪkətɪv/
US
/spəˈsɪfɪkətɪv/
Serving to specify or make something specific.
The specificative details in the report helped clarify the project's objectives.
In linguistics, relating to a grammatical element (such as a case or affix) whose function is to mark a noun phrase as specific or definite.
Many Uralic languages have a specificative suffix that singles out a noun as already known to the speaker.