Associations to the word «Abessive»

ABESSIVE, adjective. (grammar) Of, or relating to that grammatical case used in some languages to indicate absence. [Late 19th century.]

ABESSIVE, noun. (grammar) The abessive case, or a word in this case. [Late 19th century.]

ABESSIVE CASE, noun. (grammar): case used to express the lack or absence of something. It has the meaning of the English preposition "without" or the affix -less. Some languages that use the abessive case are Erzya, Estonian, Finnish, and Inari Sami.

ABESSIVE CASES, noun. Plural of abessive case