lative

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French latif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɪtɪv/
• Rhymes: -eɪtɪv

Noun

lative (uncountable)

1. (grammar) A case of verbs, found in the Uralic and Northern Caucasian languages, used to indicate motion to a location; in the Northern Caucasian languages, the lative also takes up functions of the dative case.

Examples
from the Tsez language (a Northern Caucasian language): Кидбā ужихъор кIетIу биквархо. The girl shows the cat to the boy.

Related terms

• locative, separative: other general local cases

Translations

case

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 方向格 (fāng xiàng gé)

• Czech: lativ m
• Finnish: latiivi (fi)
• Hungarian: lativus, latívusz
• Korean: 향격 (hyanggyeok)
• Portuguese: lativo m
• Spanish: lativo m

Anagrams

• Telavi, Vitale, Vitela, alvite