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Ablative Case Definition

ablative case

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English

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Etymology

From French ablatif, from Latin ablativus, from ablatus (“carried away”), past participle of auferre (“to carry away", "to remove”). See ablation.

Noun

ablative case (plural ablative cases)

  1. (grammar): case used in some languages to indicate movement away from something, removal, separation, source. It corresponds roughly to the English prepositions "from", "away from", and "concerning".

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