abessive
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin abesse (“to be absent”), from ab (“away”) + esse (“be”).[1]
- See absent.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
abessive (not comparable)
- (grammar) Of, or relating to that grammatical case used in some languages to indicate absence. [Late 19th century.][1]
Noun[edit]
abessive (plural abessives)
- (grammar) The abessive case, or a word in this case. [Late 19th century.][1]
Translations[edit]
the abessive case
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 “abessive” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-19-860457-0, page 4.
French[edit]
Adjective[edit]
abessive
