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Illative case — in the Finno Ugric languages= Illative (from Latin illatus brought in ) is, in the Finnish language, Estonian language and the Hungarian language, the third of the locative cases with the basic meaning of into (the inside of) .An example from… … Wikipedia
illative — illatively, adv. /il euh tiv, i lay tiv/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or expressing illation; inferential: an illative word such as therefore. 2. Gram. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate place into or toward… … Universalium
case — Synonyms and related words: Bible truth, Smyth sewing, abessive, ablative, absolute fact, accepted fact, accusative, action, actual fact, adessive, admitted fact, afghan, alien, allative, ammunition box, anyhow, anyway, apoplectic, approximative … Moby Thesaurus
illative — 1. adjective a) of, or relating to an illation b) of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates motion towards or into something 2. noun a) a … Wiktionary
illative — [ɪ leɪtɪv] adjective 1》 of the nature of or stating an inference. ↘proceeding by inference. 2》 Grammar relating to or denoting a case of nouns in some languages used to express motion into something. Derivatives illatively adverb Origin C16:… … English new terms dictionary
illative — adj. 1 a (of a word) stating or introducing an inference. b inferential. 2 Gram. (of a case) denoting motion into. Derivatives: illatively adv. Etymology: L illativus (as ILLATION) … Useful english dictionary
Inessive case — (from Latin inesse to be in or at ) is a locative grammatical case. This case carries the basic meaning of in : for example, in the house is talo·ssa in Finnish, maja·s in Estonian, etxea·n in Basque, nam·e in Lithuanian and ház·ban in… … Wikipedia
Adessive case — In Finno Ugric languages, such as Finnish, Estonian and Hungarian, the adessive case (from Latin adesse to be present ) is the fourth of the locative cases with the basic meaning of on . For example, Estonian laud (table) and laual (on the table) … Wikipedia
Allative case — (abbreviated ALL, from Latin allāt , afferre to bring to ) is a type of the locative cases used in several languages. The term allative is generally used for the lative case in the majority of languages which do not make finer… … Wikipedia
Elative case — See Elative for disambiguation. Elative (from Latin efferre to bring or carry out ) is a locative case with the basic meaning out of .In Finnish elative is typically formed by adding sta/stä , in Estonian by adding st to the genitive stem. In… … Wikipedia
