Associations to the word «Comitative»

COMITATIVE, adjective. (grammar) Of, or relating to the grammatical case that is used in some languages to indicate accompaniment.

COMITATIVE, noun. The comitative case, or a word in this case.

COMITATIVE CASE, noun. (grammar) Noun case used to denote companionship. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositional phrase in company with, together with or with, as in "with the house." Languages that use the comitative case include Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Inari Sami, Northern Sami, Skolt Sami, and Quechua. It is also found in many Australian Aboriginal languages, where it is commonly used to form names of places and languages.

COMITATIVE CASES, noun. Plural of comitative case