Elative case
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In grammar, the elative case (abbreviated Template:Sc; from Template:Langx "to bring or carry out") is a locative grammatical case signifying that something comes from something, somewhere or someone.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref>
Usage
[edit]Uralic languages
[edit]In Finnish, the elative is typically formed by adding Template:Wikt-lang, in Estonian by adding Template:Wikt-lang to the genitive stem, Template:Lang in Livonian and Template:Lang in Erzya. In Hungarian, the suffix Template:Wikt-lang expresses the elative:<ref name=":0" />
- Template:Langx - "out of the house, from the house" (Finnish Template:Lang = "house") Template:Lang - "out of the houses, from the houses" (Finnish Template:Lang = "houses")
- Template:Langx - "out of the house, from the house" (Estonian Template:Lang = "house")
- Erzya: Template:Lang - "out of the house, from the house" (Erzya Template:Lang = "house")
- Template:Langx - "out of the house" (Hungarian Template:Lang = "house")
In some dialects of Finnish it is common to drop the final vowel of the elative ending, which then becomes identical to the elative morpheme of Estonian; for example: Template:Lang. This pronunciation is common in southern Finland, appearing in the southwestern dialects and in some Tavastian dialects. Most other dialects use the standard form -sta.
Russian
[edit]In some rare cases the elative still exists in contemporary Russian, though it was used more widely in 17-18th cc. texts: Template:Lang (out of the forest), Template:Lang (blood from the nose), Template:Lang (from Yaroslavl).<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
See also
[edit]Template:Wiktionary Other locative cases are:
- Inessive case ("in")
- Superessive case ("on")
- Adessive case ("by/at")
- Illative case ("into")
- Sublative case ("onto")
- Allative case ("towards")
- Ablative case ("away from")
- Delative case ("off")