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Perlative

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Describes a case, in very few inflected languages, that expresses movement through or along a referent noun, as "along" in "they travelled along the river". not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    The perlative case, also known as the pergressive case.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin perlātus + -ive. By surface analysis, per- + lative.

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin perlātus + -ive. By surface analysis, per- + lative.

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