Definition
Tending to descend or moving in a downward direction; also relating to or promoting descension, especially in theological contexts.
Etymology
From Latin descensivus (rare) or formed by descend + -sive suffix, creating an adjective describing the tendency or quality of descending.
Kelly Says
The rare adjective 'descensive' appears mostly in theology texts—it's precisely the kind of specialized vocabulary that lets scholars compress complex ideas into single words.
Translations
BNবাংলা
বংশধর
bon-sho-dor
CACatalà
descendents
de-sen-dents
CSČeština
potomek
po-to-mek
DADansk
afstamning
af-stam-ning
DEDeutsch
Abstammung
ab-stam-mung
ELΕλληνικά
Потомок
po-to-mok
ESEspañol
descendiente
des-sen-dee-en-te
FISuomi
sukuinen
su-ku-inen
FRFrançais
descendant
des-san-dɑ̃
HUMagyar
örökölt
ör-ö-költ
IDBahasa Indonesia
keturunan
ket-u-ran
ITItaliano
discendente
di-sen-den-te
MSBahasa Melayu
keturunan
ket-u-ran
NLNederlands
afstammeling
af-stam-me-ling
NONorsk
etterkommer
et-ter-kom-mer
PLPolski
potomk
po-to-mok
PTPortuguês
descendente
des-sen-den-te
RORomână
descendent
de-sen-den-t
RUРусский
Потомок
po-to-mok
SVSvenska
avkomling
av-kom-ling
TAதமிழ்
வாரிசர்
va-ri-sar
TEతెలుగు
వారసుడు
va-ra-su-du
THไทย
บรรพบุรุษ
bon-pra-poo-rut
TRTürkçe
soyundan gelen
soy-un-dan ge-len
UKУкраїнська
Потомок
po-to-mok
VITiếng Việt
con cháu
con-chau
ZUZU
abantwana
a-ban-twa-na