lative

lative

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪtɪv

Noun

lative (uncountable)

1. (grammar) A case of verbs, found in the Uralic and Northern Caucasian languages, used to indicate motion to a location; in the Northern Caucasian languages, the lative also takes up functions of the dative case.
   • An example from the Tsez language (a Northern Caucasian language):

     Кидбā ужихъор кIетIу биквархо.

     The girl shows the cat to the boy.

Related terms

• locative, separative: other general local cases

Translations

case

Czech: lativ m Finnish: latiivi (fi)

Portuguese: lativo m

Anagrams

• Telavi, Vitale, Vitela, alvite