abessive case

noun

A grammatical case used to express the lack or absence of something. It has the meaning of the English preposition without or the affix -less.

“Languages that use the abessive case include Erzya, Estonian, Finnish, Mongolian, and Inari Sámi.”

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caritive caseprivative case
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Meanings

nounabessive case (plural abessive cases)

plural abessive cases

  1. grammarA grammatical case used to express the lack or absence of something. It has the meaning of the English preposition without or the affix -less.

    Languages that use the abessive case include Erzya, Estonian, Finnish, Mongolian, and Inari Sámi.

    Synonyms: caritive case, privative case

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA grammatical case used to express the lack or absence of something. It has the meaning of the English preposition without or the affix -less.

Similar
caritive caseprivative case
Also see
caritive caseprivative case

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 欠格
  • 欠格 (qiàngé)case used to express the lack of something
Dutch abessief
  • abessiefcase used to express the lack of something
Finnish abessiivi, vajanto
  • abessiivicase used to express the lack of something
  • vajantocase used to express the lack of something
French abessif
  • abessifcase used to express the lack of something
German Abessiv
  • Abessivcase used to express the lack of something
Hungarian abessivus
  • abessivuscase used to express the lack of something
Icelandic fjarverufall
  • fjarverufallcase used to express the lack of something
Italian caso abessivo
  • caso abessivocase used to express the lack of something
Japanese 欠格
  • 欠格 (kekkaku)case used to express the lack of something
Latin casus abessivus
  • casus abessivuscase used to express the lack of something
Norwegian Bokmål abessiv
  • abessivcase used to express the lack of something
Polish abessivus
  • abessivuscase used to express the lack of something
Portuguese caso abessivo
  • caso abessivocase used to express the lack of something
Russian абесси́в
  • абесси́в (abessív)case used to express the lack of something
Spanish caso abesivo
  • caso abesivocase used to express the lack of something
Swedish abessiv
  • abessivcase used to express the lack of something
Cite this entry
APA

abessive case. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abessive%20case

MLA

“abessive case.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abessive%20case. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abessive case,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abessive%20case.

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