sublative

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

sublative (uncountable)

1. (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

a case of nouns used to express the destination of movement

• Hungarian: sublativus

Adjective

sublative (comparative more sublative, superlative most sublative)

1. (grammar) Of or relating to the sublative case.
2. Having power, or tending, to take away.

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Anagrams

• vestibula