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lative case

lative case noun: a case of verbs, found in the Uralic and Northern Caucasian languages, used to indicate motion to a location; in the Northern Caucasian languages, the lative also takes up functions of the dative case.

Noun

lative case

  1. A case of verbs, found in the Uralic and Northern Caucasian languages, used to indicate motion to a location; in the Northern Caucasian languages, the lative also takes up functions of the dative case

Questions about lative case

What does lative case mean?
Lative case means a case of verbs, found in the Uralic and Northern Caucasian languages, used to indicate motion to a location; in the Northern Caucasian languages, the lative also takes up functions of the dative case.
What part of speech is lative case?
Lative case is a noun.

Words near lative case in the dictionary

  1. latitudinary
  2. latitudinous
  3. Latium
  4. latiumite
  5. lative
  6. lative case
  7. latively
  8. latka
  9. latkas
  10. latke
  11. latkes

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