caritive case

noun

A case used to express the lack or absence of something. It has the meaning of the English preposition "without." The caritive case is found in some Caucasian languages.

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abessive caseprivative case
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Meanings

nouncaritive case (plural caritive cases)

plural caritive cases

  1. grammarA case used to express the lack or absence of something. It has the meaning of the English preposition "without." The caritive case is found in some Caucasian languages.

    Synonyms: abessive case, privative case

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA case used to express the lack or absence of something. It has the meaning of the English preposition "without." The caritive case is found in some Caucasian languages.

Similar
abessive caseprivative case
Also see
abessive case

Translations

Finnish karitiivi
  • karitiivicase used to express the lack of something
French caritif
  • caritifcase used to express the lack of something
German Karitiv
  • Karitivcase used to express the lack of something
Hungarian caritivus, karitívusz
  • caritivuscase used to express the lack of something
  • karitívuszcase used to express the lack of something
Italian caso caritivo
  • caso caritivocase used to express the lack of something
Latin casus caritivus
  • casus caritivuscase used to express the lack of something
Norwegian Bokmål karitiv
  • karitivcase used to express the lack of something
Polish caritivus
  • caritivuscase used to express the lack of something
Portuguese caso caritivo
  • caso caritivocase used to express the lack of something
Russian лиши́тельный паде́ж, изъя́тельный паде́ж
  • лиши́тельный паде́ж (lišítelʹnyj padéž)case used to express the lack of something
  • изъя́тельный паде́ж (izʺjátelʹnyj padéž)case used to express the lack of something
Spanish caso caritivo
  • caso caritivocase used to express the lack of something
Swedish kartitiv
  • kartitivcase used to express the lack of something
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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