delative case
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Delative case — The delative case (abbreviated del; from Latin deferre to bear or bring away or down ) in the Hungarian language can originally express the movement from the surface of something (e.g. off the table ), but it is used in several other meanings… … Wikipedia
delative — ād.iv adjective Etymology: Latin delatus + English ive of a grammatical case : denoting motion down from * * * /di lay tiv/, Gram. adj. 1. noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place down from which. n. 2. the delative case. [… … Useful english dictionary
delative — /di lay tiv/, Gram. adj. 1. noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place down from which. n. 2. the delative case. [ < L delat(us) (see DELATE) + IVE] * * * … 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
delative — noun a case of verbs used, chiefly in Hungarian, to express the movement from the surface of something (like moved off the table ) … Wiktionary
Ablative case — In linguistics, ablative case (abbreviated ABL) is a name given to cases in various languages whose common characteristic is that they mark motion away from something, though the details in each language may differ. The name ablative is derived… … Wikipedia
Grammatical case — Grammatical categories Animacy Aspect Case Clusivity Definiteness Degree of comparison Evidentiality … Wikipedia
Vocative case — For the assembly programming concept, see Addressing mode. The vocative case (abbreviated voc) is the case used for a noun identifying the person (animal, object, etc.) being addressed and/or occasionally the determiners of that noun. A vocative… … Wikipedia
Accusative case — The accusative case (abbreviated acc) of a noun is the grammatical case used to mark the direct object of a transitive verb. The same case is used in many languages for the objects of (some or all) prepositions. It is a noun that is having… … Wikipedia
Dative case — The dative case (abbreviated dat, or sometimes d when it is a core argument) is a grammatical case generally used to indicate the noun to whom something is given, as in George gave Jamie a drink . In general, the dative marks the indirect object… … Wikipedia
