elative

elative
a) 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.”

The elative of (kabí:r, "big") is (’ákbar, “bigger/biggest”, “greater/greatest”).

b) In Finno-Ugric languages, one of the locative cases, expressing “out of,” as in Finnish talosta, Hungarian házból (“out of the house”). Its opposite is the illative case (“into”).

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  • elative — /ee leuh tiv, el euh /, Gram. adj. 1. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose function is to indicate motion out of or away from. n. 2. an elative case. 3. an adjectival form, as in Arabic, denoting intensity or superiority, approximately equivalent… …   Universalium

  • Elative (gradation) — In Semitic linguistics, the elative is a stage of gradation in Arabic that can be used both for a global maximum (see superlative) and for comparison (see comparative). The Arabic elative has a special inflection similar to that of color… …   Wikipedia

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  • elative — indicating movement out of or away from Grammatical Cases …   Phrontistery dictionary

  • elative — ela·tive …   English syllables

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