designative

• صفة تُستخدم لوصف شيء يقوم بوظيفة التعيين أو الإشارة أو الدلالة؛ وهي شبه مهجورة في الاستعمال المعاصر ويُستعاض عنها بـ designatory أو designating.

An adjective used to describe something that serves to designate, point out, or indicate; now largely archaic and replaced by 'designatory' or 'designating'.

1. Serving to designateC1formal

   Used to indicate, point out, or specify something; having the function of naming or identifying.

   دالّ، مشير، معيّن

   • The designative function of a label is to identify the contents.
   • In linguistics, a designative term points to a specific object or concept.
   • The designative role of the symbol is to represent a particular value.

   المرادفاتdenotativeindicativenaming