Associations to the word «Abessive»

Wiktionary

ABESSIVE, adjective. (grammar) Of, or relating to that grammatical case used in some languages to indicate absence. [Late 19th century.]
ABESSIVE, noun. (grammar) The abessive case, or a word in this case. [Late 19th century.]
ABESSIVE CASE, noun. (grammar): case used to express the lack or absence of something. It has the meaning of the English preposition "without" or the affix -less. Some languages that use the abessive case are Erzya, Estonian, Finnish, and Inari Sami.
ABESSIVE CASES, noun. Plural of abessive case

Wise words

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