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Definition of Allative
1. Adjective. (grammar) of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates motion towards a place ¹
2. Noun. (grammar) the allative case, or a word in that case. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Allative
1. grammatical case denoting movement towards [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Allative
Literary usage of Allative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Finnish Grammar by Clemens Niemi (1917)
"Illallisen syön iltasella. LESSON XII. allative AND ... The allative expresses
the place towards which motion takes place, and is formed with the ending ..."
2. A Finnish Grammar by Charles Eliot (1890)
"From the original local meaning, all the cases, except the allative, come to
indicate time. It may be roughly said that the first member denotes present ..."
3. General Principles of the Structure of Language by James Byrne (1885)
"In the allative, an, in the ablative of origin, an, and in the consecutive, a
seems to denote motion. The plural ending is yas ; and to it the case endings ..."
4. A Philological Grammar Grounded Upon English, and Formed from a Comparison by William Barnes (1854)
"allative OR OBJECTIVE CASE. A thing with the aiming of another's motion or
predicate towards it, is in a case which may be called the allative or objective ..."
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