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ablative cases

ablative cases is the plural of ablative case.

Meaning of ablative case

Noun

ablative case (plural ablative cases)

  1. 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.

Questions about ablative cases

What is ablative cases the plural of?
Ablative cases is the plural of ablative case.

Words near ablative cases in the dictionary

  1. ablatival
  2. ablative
  3. ablative absolute
  4. ablative absolutes
  5. ablative case
  6. ablative cases
  7. ablatively
  8. ablativeness
  9. ablatives
  10. ablatives absolute
  11. ablativity

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