[al-uh-tiv] 
Grammar| 1. | noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate place to or toward which. |
| 2. | the allative case. |
| al·la·tive (āl'ə-tĭv) adj. Of, relating to, or being the grammatical case expressing motion toward a place, as Finnish stadionille "to the stadium." n.
[New Latin allātīvus, from Latin allātus, past participle of afferre, to bring toward : ad-, ad- + lātus, carried; see telə- in Indo-European roots.] |
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