patientive

English edit

Etymology edit

patient +‎ -ive

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪʃəntɪv/

Adjective edit

patientive (not comparable)

(linguistics) Pertaining to a grammatical patient that receives the action of the verb.

Noun edit

patientive (plural patientives)

(linguistics) A word having this construction.

See also edit

agentive

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