ablative case
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Etymology [edit]
From French ablatif, from Latin ablativus, from ablatus (“carried away”), past participle of auferre (“to carry away", "to remove”). See ablation.
Noun [edit]
ablative case (plural ablative cases)
- (grammar) A case used in some languages to indicate movement away from something, removal, separation, source. It corresponds roughly to the English prepositions "of", "from", "away from", and "concerning".
Translations [edit]
grammar case used to indicate movement away from something, removal, separation, source
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