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allative case

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
alla-tive -case
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A 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 Basque, Dyirbal, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, and Lithuanian.

Inflected Forms

allative cases (plural)

Questions

What does allative case mean?
A 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 Basque, Dyirbal, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, and Lithuanian.

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