privative

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for privative

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privative : වියෝගය

privative : නිෂේධාත්මක

privative : අභාවය දැක්වෙන

privative definition

Adjective.

  1. Causing privation; depriving.
  2. Consisting in the absence of something; not positive; negative.
  3. Implying privation or negation; giving a negative force to a word; as, alpha privative; privative particles; -- applied to such prefixes and suffixes as a- (Gr. /), un-, non-, -less.

Noun.

  1. That of which the essence is the absence of something.
  2. A term indicating the absence of any quality which might be naturally or rationally expected; -- called also privative term.
  3. A privative prefix or suffix. See Privative, a., 3.