elative in Arabic

Arabic words for elative

elative degree of an adjective

اِسْم تَفْضِيل ism tafḍīl

English meaning of elative

1. noun In Semitic languages, the “adjective degree of superiority”. In some languages such as Arabic, the concepts of comparative and superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a single form, the elative. How this form is understood or translated depends upon context and definiteness. In the absence of comparison, the elative conveys the notion of “greatest”, “supreme.”.
2. adjective Exalted; feeling elation.
3. noun In Finno-Ugric languages, one of the locative cases, expressing “out of,” or “from” as in Finnish talosta, Hungarian házból (“out of the house”). Its opposite is the illative case (“into”). In Finnish, the case form is used also to express "out of" or "proximity" in a figurative sense which in English is often conveyed by the word "about".

Full definition of elative

elative in a sentence

• The elative of كَبِير (kabīr, “big”) is أَكْبَر (ʔakbar, “bigger/biggest, greater/greatest”).

Questions about elative in Arabic

What is the meaning of elative in Arabic?

Elative in Arabic is اِسْم تَفْضِيل (ism tafḍīl).

ما معنى كلمة elative؟

Elative: اِسْم تَفْضِيل (ism tafḍīl).

What does elative mean in English?

Elative means in Semitic languages, the “adjective degree of superiority”. In some languages such as Arabic, the concepts of comparative and superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a single form, the elative. How this form is understood or translated depends upon context and definiteness. In the absence of comparison, the elative conveys the notion of “greatest”, “supreme.”.