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allative cases

allative cases is the plural of allative case.

Meaning of allative case

Noun

allative case (plural allative cases)

  1. A case used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions to or onto, as in "to the house," "onto the house." Languages that use the allative case include Basque, Dyirbal, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, and Lithuanian.

Questions about allative cases

What is allative cases the plural of?
Allative cases is the plural of allative case.

Words near allative cases in the dictionary

  1. allatectomizes
  2. allatectomizing
  3. allatectomy
  4. allative
  5. allative case
  6. allative cases
  7. allatively
  8. allatives
  9. allativity
  10. Allatoona
  11. allatoregulatory

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