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el·a·tive case
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elative casenoun
The case used to indicate movement out of something; for example, out of the house. Some languages that make use of the elative are Finnish, Hungarian, and Estonian.
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Elative case
In grammar, the elative case (abbreviated ELA; from Latin: efferre "to bring or carry out") is a locative grammatical case signifying that something comes from something, somewhere or someone.
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Elative case
Elative is a locative case with the basic meaning "out of". In Finnish elative is typically formed by adding "sta/stä", in Estonian by adding "st" to the genitive stem. In Hungarian the suffix "ból/ből" is used for elative. "talosta" - "out of the house, from house" "majast" - "out of the house, from house" "házból" - "out of house" In some dialects of Spoken Finnish it is common to drop the last vowel and thus the usage of elative resembles that of Estonian, for example "talost". Other locative cases are: ⁕Inessive case ⁕Illative case ⁕Adessive case ⁕Allative case ⁕Ablative case ⁕Delative case
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of elative case in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of elative case in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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