allative case

noun

A case used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions to or onto, as in "to the house," "onto the house." Languages that use the allative case include Basque, Dyirbal, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, and Lithuanian.

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Meanings

nounallative case (plural allative cases)

plural allative cases

  1. grammarA case used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions to or onto, as in "to the house," "onto the house." Languages that use the allative case include Basque, Dyirbal, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, and Lithuanian.

Translations

Basque adlatibo
  • adlatibocase used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
Bulgarian алатив
  • алатив (alativ)case used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
Chinese Mandarin 向格
  • 向格 (xiànggé)case used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
Dutch allatief
  • allatiefcase used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
Esperanto alativo
  • alativocase used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
Estonian alaleütlev, allatiiv
  • alaleütlevcase used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
  • allatiivcase used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
Finnish allatiivi, ulkotulento
  • allatiivicase used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
  • ulkotulentocase used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
French allatif
  • allatifcase used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
German Allativ
  • Allativcase used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
Hungarian allativus
  • allativuscase used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
Icelandic tilgangsfall
  • tilgangsfallcase used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
Italian caso allativo
  • caso allativocase used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
Japanese 向格
  • 向格 (kōkaku)case used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
Korean 향격
  • 향격 (hyanggyeok)case used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
Latin cāsus allātīvus
  • cāsus allātīvuscase used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
Lithuanian aliatyvas
  • aliatyvascase used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
Norwegian allativ
  • allativcase used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
Polish allatyw, allativus
  • allatywcase used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
  • allativuscase used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
Portuguese alativo, caso alativo
  • alativocase used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
  • caso alativocase used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
Russian аллати́вный паде́ж, аллати́в
  • аллати́вный паде́ж (allatívnyj padéž)case used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
  • аллати́в (allatív)case used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
Spanish caso alativo
  • caso alativocase used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
Swedish allativ
  • allativcase used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
Vietnamese đích cách
  • đích cáchcase used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something
Cite this entry
APA

allative case. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allative%20case

MLA

“allative case.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allative%20case. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “allative case,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allative%20case.

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