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
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.