ablative
noun/ˈæblətɪv/
/ˈæblətɪv/
(grammar)- (in some languages) the form that a noun, a pronoun or an adjective can take to show, for example, who or what something is done by or where something comes from compare accusative, dative, genitive, instrumental (2), locative, nominative, vocativeTopics Languagec2Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French ablative (feminine of ablatif), Latin ablativus, from ablat- ‘taken away’, from ab- ‘away’ + lat- ‘carried’ (from the verb ferre).
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