Allative Definition

ălə-tĭv

adjective

Of, relating to, or being the grammatical case expressing motion toward a place, as Finnish stadionille “to the stadium.”

American Heritage

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

Wiktionary

noun

The allative case.

American Heritage

A word in the allative case.

American Heritage

(grammar) The allative case, or a word in that case.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Allative

Singular:

allative

Plural:

allatives

New Latin allātīvus from Latin allātus past participle of afferre to bring toward ad- ad- lātus carried telə- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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