lative
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪtɪv
Noun
lative (uncountable)
- (grammar) 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.
- An example from the Tsez language (a Northern Caucasian language):
- Кидбā ужихъор кIетIу биквархо.
- The girl shows the cat to the boy.
- Кидбā ужихъор кIетIу биквархо.
- An example from the Tsez language (a Northern Caucasian language):
Related terms
- locative, separative: other general local cases
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