sublative
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -eɪtɪv
Noun[edit]
sublative (uncountable)
- (grammar) 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).
Translations[edit]
a case of nouns used to express the destination of movement
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Adjective[edit]
sublative (comparative more sublative, superlative most sublative)
- (grammar) Of or relating to the sublative case.
- Having power, or tending, to take away.
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