ablative case
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[edit] Etymology
From French ablatif < Latin ablativus < ablatus (“carried away”), past participle of auferre (“to carry away", "to remove”). See ablation.
[edit] Noun
ablative case (plural ablative cases)
- (grammar): case used in some languages to indicate movement away from something, removal, separation, source. It corresponds roughly to the English prepositions "from", "away from", and "concerning".
[edit] Translations
grammar case used to indicate movement away from something, removal, separation, source
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