delative case

noun

case used to indicate movement from an object. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions from or off of, as in "down off of the house." Hungarian is a language that uses the delative case, see -ról.

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Meanings

noundelative case (plural delative cases)

plural delative cases

  1. grammarcase used to indicate movement from an object. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions from or off of, as in "down off of the house." Hungarian is a language that uses the delative case, see -ról.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 上格
  • 上格 (shànggé)case used to indicate movement from an object
Finnish delatiivi
  • delatiivicase used to indicate movement from an object
French délatif
  • délatifcase used to indicate movement from an object
German Delativ
  • Delativcase used to indicate movement from an object
Hungarian delativus
  • delativuscase used to indicate movement from an object
Italian caso delativo
  • caso delativocase used to indicate movement from an object
Latin casus delativus
  • casus delativuscase used to indicate movement from an object
Portuguese caso delativo
  • caso delativocase used to indicate movement from an object
Spanish caso delativo
  • caso delativocase used to indicate movement from an object
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