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delative cases

delative cases is the plural of delative case.

Meaning of delative case

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.

Questions about delative cases

What is delative cases the plural of?
Delative cases is the plural of delative case.

Words near delative cases in the dictionary

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

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