elative case — noun The case used to indicate movement out of something; for example, out of the house. Some languages that make use of the elative are Finnish, Hungarian, and Estonian … Wiktionary
Elative — has two slightly differing meanings in the grammar of two language groups:*Elative case, a grammatical case, in e.g., the Finno Ugric languages *Elative (gradation), a category of comparison similar to the superlative in, e.g., the Semitic… … Wikipedia
elative — I. ˈēləd.iv, ˈel adjective Etymology: Latin elatus + English ive of a grammatical case : denoting motion away from II. noun ( s) Etymology: Latin … Useful english dictionary
elative — /ee leuh tiv, el euh /, Gram. adj. 1. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose function is to indicate motion out of or away from. n. 2. an elative case. 3. an adjectival form, as in Arabic, denoting intensity or superiority, approximately equivalent… … Universalium
elative — noun a) In Semitic languages, the “adjective of superiority.” In some languages such as Arabic, the concepts of comparative and superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a single form, the elative. How this form is understood or… … Wiktionary
case — Synonyms and related words: Bible truth, Smyth sewing, abessive, ablative, absolute fact, accepted fact, accusative, action, actual fact, adessive, admitted fact, afghan, alien, allative, ammunition box, anyhow, anyway, apoplectic, approximative … Moby Thesaurus
elative — /əˈleɪtɪv/ (say uh laytiv) adjective 1. having a superlative or intensive function. 2. denoting a grammatical case used in some languages to express motion away from. –noun 3. a superlative or intensifier. {Latin ēlātus elevated + ive} …
Ablative case — In linguistics, ablative case (abbreviated ABL) is a name given to cases in various languages whose common characteristic is that they mark motion away from something, though the details in each language may differ. The name ablative is derived… … Wikipedia
Illative case — in the Finno Ugric languages= Illative (from Latin illatus brought in ) is, in the Finnish language, Estonian language and the Hungarian language, the third of the locative cases with the basic meaning of into (the inside of) .An example from… … Wikipedia
Inessive case — (from Latin inesse to be in or at ) is a locative grammatical case. This case carries the basic meaning of in : for example, in the house is talo·ssa in Finnish, maja·s in Estonian, etxea·n in Basque, nam·e in Lithuanian and ház·ban in… … Wikipedia
