Meaning & use
benefactive
In grammar, describing a case or role that shows who benefits from an action.
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In 'she baked him a cake,' the pronoun 'him' takes the benefactive role.
Some languages mark the benefactive relationship with a special case ending on nouns.
A note on using this word
Benefactive is a specialized linguistics term, distinct from the everyday adjective 'beneficial,' which simply means helpful.
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