sublative

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪtɪv

Noun

sublative (uncountable)

1. A case of nouns in Finno-Ugric languages used to express the destination of movement, originally onto the surface of something (e.g. climb onto a tree), and, by extension, in other figurative meanings as well (e.g. to university).

Adjective

sublative (comparative more sublative, superlative most sublative)

1. Having power, or tending, to take away.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Harris to this entry?)

Anagrams

• vestibula