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delative case

delative case noun: case used to indicate movement from an object. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions from or off of, as in "down off of the house." Hungarian is a language that uses the delative case, see -ról.

Noun

delative case (plural delative cases)

  1. case used to indicate movement from an object. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions from or off of, as in "down off of the house." Hungarian is a language that uses the delative case, see -ról.

Forms of delative case

pluraldelative cases

Questions about delative case

What does delative case mean?
Delative case means case used to indicate movement from an object. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions from or off of, as in "down off of the house." Hungarian is a language that uses the delative case, see -ról.
What part of speech is delative case?
Delative case is a noun.
What is the plural of delative case?
The plural of delative case is delative cases.

Words near delative case in the dictionary

  1. delatinization
  2. delation
  3. delations
  4. Delatite
  5. delative
  6. delative case
  7. delative cases
  8. delator
  9. Delatorre
  10. Delatorres
  11. delators

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