ABLATIVECASE

Ablative case

In grammar, ablative case is a grammatical case in various languages that is used generally to express motion away from something, although the precise meaning may vary by language. The name "ablative" derives from the Latin ablatus, the perfect passive participle of auferre "to carry away". There is no ablative case in English.

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ablative case

Noun

  1. A case used in some languages to indicate movement away from something, removal, separation, source. It corresponds roughly to the English prepositions "of", "from", "away from", and "concerning".


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