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delative_case

delative case

English

Noun

delative case ‎(plural delative cases)

(grammar) case used to indicate movement from an object. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions from or off of, as in "down off of the house." Hungarian is a language that uses the delative case.

Translations

case used to indicate movement from an object

Finnish: delatiivi (fi)
French: délatif (fr) m
German: Delativ m
Hungarian: delativus

Italian: caso delativo m
Latin: casus delativus m
Portuguese: caso delativo m
Spanish: caso delativo m

See also

Appendix:Grammatical cases