allative case

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Synonyms: ablative case, illative case, delative case, elative case, lative case

Antonyms: ablative case, illative case, delative case, elative case, lative case

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|grammatical case}} A [[case]] used to indicate movement onto, or to the [[adjacent|adjacency]] of something. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions '''to''' or '''onto''', as in "to the house," "onto the house." Languages that use the allative case include [[Basque]], [[Dyirbal]], [[Estonian]], [[Finnish]], [[Hungarian]]{{,}} and [[Lithuanian]].

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