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locatives

locatives is the plural of locative.

Meaning of locative

Noun

locative (plural locatives)

  1. The locative case.
    • Brian: Ah. Ah, dative, sir! Ahh! No, not dative! Not the dative, sir! No! Ah! Oh, the… accusative! Accusative! Ah! Domum, sir! Ad domum! Ah! Oooh! Ah!
      Centurion: Except that domus takes the…?
      Brian: The locative, sir!
      Centurion: Which is…?!1979, Monty Python's Life of Brian

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Questions about locatives

What is locatives the plural of?
Locatives is the plural of locative.

Words near locatives in the dictionary

  1. locative case
  2. locative cases
  3. locative-qualitative case
  4. locative-qualitative cases
  5. locatively
  6. locatives
  7. locativize
  8. locativized
  9. locativizes
  10. locativizing
  11. locator

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