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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")."
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