| allative case |
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A case used in some languages, such as Finnish, to express motion toward the marked referent.
Notes: 1. In English this role is performed by the prepositions to and toward. |
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Example - In Finish the ending -lle is allative, e.g., pöytä (table) and pöydälle (onto the top of the table). |
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Etymology - The term derives from the Latin allat, the participle stem of afferre, to bring to. |
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Oxford English Dictionary - Its first citation is from 1860: "The declension of the personal pronouns [in the Tushi Language] is as follows…Singular…Affective…Allative." (Trans. Philol. Soc. 1857 34) |