Associations to the word «Allative»

ALLATIVE, adjective. (grammar) of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates motion towards a place

ALLATIVE, noun. (grammar) the allative case, or a word in that case.

ALLATIVE CASE, noun. (grammar): case used to indicate movement onto, or to the adjacency of something. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions to or onto, as in "to the house," "onto the house." Languages that use the allative case include Dyirbal, Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian, and Lithuanian.

ALLATIVE CASES, noun. Plural of allative case