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perlative

perlative adjective: describes a case, in very few inflected languages, that expresses movement through or along a referent noun, as "along" in "they travelled along the river".

Adjective

perlative (not comparable)

  1. Describes a case, in very few inflected languages, that expresses movement through or along a referent noun, as "along" in "they travelled along the river".

Noun

perlative

  1. The perlative case, also known as the pergressive case.

Origin of perlative

Learned borrowing from Latin perlātus + -ive. By surface analysis, per- + lative.

Questions about perlative

What does perlative mean?
Perlative means describes a case, in very few inflected languages, that expresses movement through or along a referent noun, as "along" in "they travelled along the river".
What part of speech is perlative?
Perlative can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near perlative in the dictionary

  1. Perky effects
  2. perkyish
  3. Perl
  4. perlaceous
  5. perlapine
  6. perlative
  7. perlatolic acid
  8. perlecan
  9. perlecans
  10. perleche
  11. perlection

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