[ee-luh-tiv, el-uh-] 
Grammar| 1. | noting a case, as in Finnish, whose function is to indicate motion out of or away from. |
| 2. | an elative case. |
| 3. | an adjectival form, as in Arabic, denoting intensity or superiority, approximately equivalent to the comparative and superlative of other languages. |
| el·a·tive (ěl'ə-tĭv) adj. 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." n.
[New Latin ēlātīvus : from Latin ēlātus, past participle of efferre, to bring out; see elate + -ive.] |
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