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lative ‎(uncountable)

(grammar) 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.
- An example from the Tsez language (a Northern Caucasian language):
  Кидбā ужихъор кIетIу биквархо.
  The girl shows the cat to the boy.

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