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elative_case

elative case

English

Noun

elative case ‎(plural elative cases)

(grammar) The case used to indicate movement out of something; for example, out of the house. Some languages that make use of the elative are Finnish, Hungarian, and Estonian.

Translations

case used to indicate movement out of something

Chinese:
Mandarin: 出格 (zh) ‎(chūgé)
Dutch: elatief (nl) m, elatieve naamval (nl) m
Finnish: elatiivi (fi)
French: élatif (fr) m
German: Elativ (de) m
Icelandic: úrferðarfall (is) n
Ingrian: elatiivi

Japanese: 出格 (ja) ‎(しゅっかく, shukkaku)
Latin: casus elativus m
Novial: elative
Portuguese: elativo (pt) m, caso elativo m
Russian: элати́в (ru) m ‎(elatív), эляти́в (ru) m ‎(eljatív), исхо́дный паде́ж (ru) m ‎(isxódnyj padéž)
Spanish: caso elativo m
Swedish: elativ
Votic: elatiivi

See also

Appendix:Grammatical cases