delative

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noun

A grammatical case of nouns used, chiefly in Hungarian, to express movement from the surface of something (like "moved off the table").

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delative case
OriginLatin deferre →
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Meanings

noundelative (uncountable)
  1. uncountablegrammarA grammatical case of nouns used, chiefly in Hungarian, to express movement from the surface of something (like "moved off the table").

    Synonyms: delative case

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA grammatical case of nouns used, chiefly in Hungarian, to express movement from the surface of something (like "moved off the table").

Similar
delative case

Origin

  1. Latindeferre“to bear or bring away or down”
  2. Englishdelative

From the Latin deferre (“to bear or bring away or down”).

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Chicago

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