lative

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A case of verbs, found in the Uralic and Northern Caucasian languages, used to indicate motion to a location; in the Northern Caucasian languages, the lative also takes up functions of the dative case.

/ˈleɪtɪv/

lative

Borrowed from French latif.

locative separative: other general local cases

lative case

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