abessive case

English

Noun

abessive case (plural abessive cases)

(grammar) A grammatical case used to express the lack or absence of something. It has the meaning of the English preposition without or the affix -less.
Languages that use the abessive case include Erzya, Estonian, Finnish, Northern Sámi, and Inari Sami.

Synonyms

caritive case

Translations

case used to express the lack of something

Chinese:
Mandarin: 欠格 (qiàngé)
Dutch: abessief (nl) m
Finnish: abessiivi (fi), vajanto (fi)
French: abessif (fr) m
German: Abessiv (de) m
Hungarian: abessivus
Icelandic: fjarverufall (is) n

Italian: caso abessivo m
Japanese: 欠格 (けっかく, kekkaku)
Latin: casus abessivus m
Novial: abesive
Portuguese: caso abessivo m
Russian: абесси́в (ru) m (abessív)
Spanish: caso abesivo m
Votic: abessiivi

See also

Appendix:Grammatical cases

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