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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Abbreviation, using the minus sign.
Adjective[edit]
−ve (not comparable)
- (mathematics) Abbreviation of negative.
Antonyms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Hungarian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-ve
- (adverbial participle suffix) Added to a verb to form an adverbial participle. Its nearest English equivalent is the -ing form functioning as a participle (rather than a noun).
- késik (“to be late”) → Késve jött. - He arrived late.
Usage notes[edit]
- (adverbial participle suffix) Harmonic variants:
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *-wē. Compare the Sanskrit वा (vā, “or”) and the Ancient Greek ἤ (ḗ).
Conjunction[edit]
-ve
- (always enclitic) or, leaving the choice free between two things or among several
- c. 185 BCE – 159 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Eunuchus 2.13:
- Quid tu es tristis? Quidve es alacris? Unde is?
- Why are you out of spirits or why are you in such a hurry? Whence come you?
- Quid tu es tristis? Quidve es alacris? Unde is?
- 44 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Philippicae 14.6.16:
- Post hanc habitam contionem duabus tribusve horis optatissimi nuntii et litterae venerunt.
- After this assembly was over, within two or three hours, these most welcome messengers and letters arrived.
- Post hanc habitam contionem duabus tribusve horis optatissimi nuntii et litterae venerunt.
- (especially in negative sentences or questions implying a negative sentence) and, with the same meaning as -que
- 44 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Philippicae 5.5.13:
- Num, quod maximum est, leges nostras moresve novit, num denique homines?
- Does he—which is most important—does he know any thing about our laws and manners? Is he even acquainted with any of the citizens?
- Num, quod maximum est, leges nostras moresve novit, num denique homines?
- (poetic, repeated or with correlative part) either...or
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 15.214:
- Nostra quoque ipsorum semper requieque sine ulla / corpora vertuntur, nec quod fuimusve sumusve / cras erimus;
- And our bodies themselves are always, restlessly, changing: we shall not be, tomorrow, either what we were, or what we are.
- Nostra quoque ipsorum semper requieque sine ulla / corpora vertuntur, nec quod fuimusve sumusve / cras erimus;
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See -vus.
Suffix[edit]
-ve
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