delative case

English

Noun

delative case (plural delative cases)

  1. (grammar) A spatial grammatical case whose function is to mark a nominal expression as denoting the surface from which an entity moves or is removed.
    Synonym: delative

Usage notes

  • In English, this meaning is typically conveyed by the prepositions from or off of, as in the phrase down off of the house. In Hungarian, it is expressed morphologically by the suffix -ról.

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See also

  • Appendix:Grammatical cases

Further reading

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