abessive case

English

Noun

abessive case (plural abessive cases)

1. (grammar) A grammatical case used to express the lack or absence of something. It has the meaning of the English preposition without or the affix -less.

   Synonyms: caritive case, privative case

   Languages that use the abessive case include Erzya, Estonian, Finnish, Mongolian, Northern Sámi, and Inari Sámi.

Translations

case used to express the lack of something

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 欠格 (qiàngé)

• Dutch: abessief (nl) m
• Finnish: abessiivi (fi), vajanto (fi)
• French: abessif (fr) m
• German: Abessiv (de) m
• Hungarian: abessivus
• Icelandic: fjarverufall (is) n
• Italian: caso abessivo m
• Japanese: 欠格 (ja) (けっかく, kekkaku)
• Latin: casus abessivus m
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: абессив (abessiv)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: abessiv m

• Portuguese: caso abessivo m
• Russian: абесси́в (ru) m (abessív)
• Spanish: caso abesivo m
• Swedish: abessiv (sv) c
• Votic: abessiivi

See also

• Appendix:Grammatical cases