ablative case
Syllables: a·bla·tive·case/əˈbleɪ.tɪv keɪs/
ablative case noun: a noun case used in some languages to indicate movement away from something, removal, separation. In English grammar, it corresponds roughly to the use in English of prepositions "of", "from", "away from", and "concerning". In Latin grammar, the ablative case (cāsus ablātīvus) includes functions derived from the Indo-European ablative, instrumental, comitative, associative and locative cases; these cases express concepts similar to those of the English prepositions "of"/"from", "by", "with", "to"/"with", and "at"/"in", respectively. Here/hence/hither, there/thence/thither, and where/whence/whither are the only English words with separate forms for the ablative (motion away from) and lative (motion towards) cases.
Noun
ablative case (plural ablative cases)
- A noun case used in some languages to indicate movement away from something, removal, separation. In English grammar, it corresponds roughly to the use in English of prepositions "of", "from", "away from", and "concerning". In Latin grammar, the ablative case (cāsus ablātīvus) includes functions derived from the Indo-European ablative, instrumental, comitative, associative and locative cases; these cases express concepts similar to those of the English prepositions "of"/"from", "by", "with", "to"/"with", and "at"/"in", respectively. Here/hence/hither, there/thence/thither, and where/whence/whither are the only English words with separate forms for the ablative (motion away from) and lative (motion towards) cases.
ablative case meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
ablative case in Hindi
- grammatical case used to indicate movement away from something, removal, separation, source
- पंचमी विभक्ति pañcmī vibhakti
ablative case in Tamil
- the ablative case
- எல்லை ellai
ablative case in Marathi
- grammatical case used to indicate movement away from something, removal, separation, source
- पंचमी विभक्ती pañcamī vibhaktī
ablative case in Bengali
- grammatical case used to indicate movement away from something, removal, separation, source
- অপাদান opadan
More languagesFewer languages
- ablative case in Telugu
- పంచమీ విభక్తి pañcamī vibhakti
- ablative case in Gujarati
- પંચમી pañcmī
- ablative case in Odia
- ଅପାଦାନ apādāna
- ablative case in Sanskrit
- पञ्चमी विभक्ति pañcamī vibhakti
- ablative case in Malay
- kasus ablatif
- ablative case in Thai
- อปาทานการก
- ablative case in Vietnamese
- ly cách
Forms of ablative case
| plural | ablative cases |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Abl. |
Words formed from ablative case
Questions about ablative case
- What does ablative case mean?
- Ablative case means a noun case used in some languages to indicate movement away from something, removal, separation. In English grammar, it corresponds roughly to the use in English of prepositions "of", "from", "away from", and "concerning". In Latin grammar, the ablative case (cāsus ablātīvus) includes functions derived from the Indo-European ablative, instrumental, comitative, associative and locative cases; these cases express concepts similar to those of the English prepositions "of"/"from", "by", "with", "to"/"with", and "at"/"in", respectively. Here/hence/hither, there/thence/thither, and where/whence/whither are the only English words with separate forms for the ablative (motion away from) and lative (motion towards) cases.
- What is ablative case in Hindi?
- Ablative case in Hindi is पंचमी विभक्ति (pañcmī vibhakti). See Ablative case meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ablative case?
- Ablative case is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ablative case?
- Ablative case is pronounced /əˈbleɪ.tɪv keɪs/.
- What is the plural of ablative case?
- The plural of ablative case is ablative cases.
Words near ablative case in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ablative case (page history and authors); எல்லை (Tamil) (page history and authors); ଅପାଦାନ (Odia) (page history and authors); पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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