elative

English - Turkish

Definition of elative in English Turkish dictionary

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English - English

Definition of elative in English English dictionary

In Finno-Ugric languages, one of the locative cases. The elative case is a noun case that expresses “out of,” as in Finnish talosta, Hungarian házból (“out of the house”). Its opposite is the illative case (“into”)

In Semitic languages, the “adjective of superiority.” In some languages such as Arabic, the concepts of comparative and superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a single form, the elative. How this form is understood or translated depends upon context and definiteness. In the absence of comparison, the elative conveys the notion of “greatest”, “supreme.”

The elative of كبير (kabí:r, big) is أكبر (’ákbar, “bigger/biggest”, “greater/greatest”).

Raised; lifted up; a term applied to what is also called the absolute superlative, denoting a high or intense degree of a quality, but not excluding the idea that an equal degree may exist in other cases

(Edebiyat) (noun) A word or form in the elative case

(Edebiyat) (noun) The elative case

(Edebiyat) (adjective) Of, relating to, or being the grammatical case indicating motion out of a place in some languages, as in Finnish hotellista, “out of the hotel.”

In Finno-Ugric languages, one of the locative cases. The elative case is a noun case that expresses "out of," as in Finnish talosta, Hungarian házból ("out of the house"). Its opposite is the illative case ("into")

In Semitic languages, the "adjective of superiority." In some languages such as Arabic, the concepts of comparative and superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a single form, the elative. How this form is understood or translated depends upon context and definiteness. In the absence of comparison, the elative conveys the notion of "greatest", "supreme

Related Terms

elative case

The case used to indicate movement out of something; for example, out of the house. Some languages that make use of the elative are Finnish, Hungarian, and Estonian

elative cases

plural form of elative case

Hyphenation

e·la·tive