From Latin adoptivus, from adoptare (“adopt”), from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + optāre (“to choose, desire”).
adoptiv
Only used in compounds.
| Inflection of adoptiv | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | adoptiv | — | —2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | adoptivt | — | —2 |
| Plural | adoptive | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | adoptive | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Borrowed from French adoptif, from Latin adoptivus.
adoptiv m or n (feminine singular adoptivă, masculine plural adoptivi, feminine and neuter plural adoptive)
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | adoptiv | adoptivă | adoptivi | adoptive | ||
| definite | adoptivul | adoptiva | adoptivii | adoptivele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | adoptiv | adoptive | adoptivi | adoptive | ||
| definite | adoptivului | adoptivei | adoptivilor | adoptivelor | |||
adoptiv
| Inflection of adoptiv | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | adoptiv | — | — |
| Neuter singular | adoptivt | — | — |
| Plural | adoptiva | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | adoptive | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | adoptive | — | — |
| All | adoptiva | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||