lative

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French latif.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈleɪtɪv/
Rhymes: -eɪtɪv

Noun

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.

Examples

from the Tsez language (a Northern Caucasian language):

Кидбā ужихъор кIетIу биквархо.

The girl shows the cat to the boy.

Derived terms

lative case

Related terms

locative, separative: other general local cases

Translations

case

Chinese:
Mandarin: 方向格 (fāng xiàng gé)
Czech: lativ m
Finnish: latiivi (fi)
Hungarian: lativus, latívusz
Korean: 향격 (hyanggyeok)
Portuguese: lativo m
Spanish: lativo m

Anagrams

Telavi, Vitale, Vitela, alvite

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