Definition of elative:
(n) :
in Semitic languages, the "adjective of superiority." In some languages such as
Arabic, the concepts of
comparative and
superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a single form, the elative. How this form is understood or translated depends upon context and definiteness. In the absence of comparison, the elative conveys the notion of "
greatest", "
supreme."; in Finno-Ugric languages, one of the
locative cases. The
elative case is a noun case that expresses "out of," as in Finnish
talosta, Hungarian
h?zb?l ("out of the
house"). Its opposite is the
illative case ("into")
"the elative of (kab?:r, "big") is ('?kbar, "bigger/biggest", "greater/greatest")."
Definition of elative:
(n) :
in Semitic languages, the "adjective of superiority." In some languages such as
Arabic, the concepts of
comparative and
superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a single form, the elative. How this form is understood or translated depends upon context and definiteness. In the absence of comparison, the elative conveys the notion of "
greatest", "
supreme."; in Finno-Ugric languages, one of the
locative cases. The
elative case is a noun case that expresses "out of," as in Finnish
talosta, Hungarian
h?zb?l ("out of the
house"). Its opposite is the
illative case ("into")
"the elative of (kab?:r, "big") is ('?kbar, "bigger/biggest", "greater/greatest")."