directive case

English

Noun

directive case (plural directive cases)

(grammar) Case used to express motion towards a location; generally indicated in English by down to, up to, toward, headed for etc. in combination with the objective case.
Synonym: directional case

Mongolian is a language that uses the directive case.

Translations

case used to express motion towards a location

Mongolian: чиглэхийн тийн ялгал (čiglexiin tiin jalgal), чиглэх (mn) (čiglex)
Russian: направи́тельный паде́ж (ru) m (napravítelʹnyj padéž)

See also

Appendix:Grammatical cases

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