el·a·tive ( l  -t v)adj. Of, relating to, or being the grammatical case indicating motion out of a place in some languages, as in Finnish hotellista, "out of the hotel." n. 1. The elative case. 2. A word or form in the elative case. |
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vus : from Latin elative [ˈiːlətɪv]
adj
(Linguistics / Grammar) (in the grammar of Finnish and other languages) denoting a case of nouns expressing a relation of motion or direction, usually translated by the English prepositions out of or away from Compare illative [3]
n
(Linguistics / Grammar)
a. the elative case
b. an elative word or speech element
[from Latin ēlātus, past participle of efferre to carry out; see elate]
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