Definitions For Elative

Etymology 1

{{PIE root, en, telh₂}} from {{etyl + la + en}} elatus + + exalted, lofty, high + ive. possibly borrowed from {{bor + en + de + -}}, which has produced a great deal of pioneering semitist literature, and where elativ is a common term for {{l + en + absolute superlative}} in all languages.

Noun

ELATIVE (plural ELATIVEs) (grammar) In Semitic languages, the “adjective degree of superiority.” In some languages such as arabic, the concepts of comparative and superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a single form, the elative. How this form is understood or translated depends upon context and definiteness. In the absence of comparison, the elative conveys the notion of “greatest”, “supreme.” : The elative of كَبِير, , big is أَكْبَر, , bigger/biggest, greater/greatest.

Translations

Arabic: اِسْم تَفْضِيل, m Czech: {{qualifier, linguistically}} elativ, m French: élatif Latin: elativus, m Russian: элати́в, m, эляти́в, m Spanish: elativo, m

Etymology 2

{{PIE root, en, telh₂}} {{rfv-etym, en}} From {{etyl, la, en}} elatus, , perfect past participle of effero, , carry out or away

Noun

ELATIVE (plural ELATIVEs) (grammar) In Finno-Ugric languages, one of the locative cases, expressing “out of,” or “from” as in Finnish talosta, Hungarian házból (“out of the house”). Its opposite is the illative case (“into”). In Finnish, the case form is used also to express "out of" or "proximity" in a figurative sense which in English is often conveyed by the word "about".

Translations

Czech: elativ Estonian: seestütlev, elatiiv Finnish: elatiivi, sisäeronto French: élatif, m German: Elativ, m Hungarian: elativus Japanese: 出格, tr=しゅっかく, shukkaku Portuguese: elativo, m Russian: элати́в, m, эляти́в, m Spanish: caso elativo, m