In linguistics, a desiderative form is one that has the meaning of "wanting to X". Linguistics is the scientific study of Language, encompassing a number of sub-fields Desiderative forms are often verbs, derived from a more basic verb through a process of morphological derivation . In Linguistics, derivation is "Used to form new words as with happi-ness and un-happy from happy, or determination from In Sanskrit, the desiderative is formed through the suffixing of /sa/ and the prefixing of a reduplicative syllable, consisting of the first consonant of the root (sometimes modified) and a vowel, usually /i/ but /u/ if the root has an /u/ in it. Sanskrit (sa संस्कृता वाक् saṃskṛtā vāk, for short sa संस्कृतम् saṃskṛtam) is a historical Changes to the root vowel sometimes happen, as well.
For example:
| Base Form | Meaning | Desiderative | Meaning |
| nayati | "he leads" | nínīṣati | "he wants to lead" |
| pibāti | "he drinks" | pípāsati | "he wants to drink" |
| jīvati | "he lives" | jíjīviṣati | "he wants to live" |
The future tense of the daughter Proto-Indo-European languages may stem from a combination of the desiderative form with the subjunctive mood. In Grammar, the future tense is a verb form that marks the event described by the verb as not having happened yet but expected to happen in the future (in an Absolute tense In Grammar, the subjunctive mood (sometimes referred to as the conjunctive mood) is a Verb mood that exists in many languages
Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic