ornative

English

Etymology

From Latin ornō (I equip, adorn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔː(ɹ)nətɪv/

Noun

ornative (plural ornatives)

  1. (grammar) A noun case that means "endowed with" or "supplied with".
    • 2008, Thomas Stolz, Sonja Kettler, Cornelia Stroh, Aina Urdze, Split Possession: An areal-linguistic study of the alienability correlation and related phenomena in the languages of Europe, John Benjamins Publishing, page 412:
      The languages are ordered according to increasing number of sentences in which a comitative-like construction represents the ornative.

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Adjective

ornative (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Belonging or relating to such a case.

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Italian

Adjective

ornative f

  1. feminine plural of ornativo

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