The elative of كَبِير (kabīr, “big”) is أَكْبَر (ʔakbar, “bigger/biggest, greater/greatest”).
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Elative
//ɪˈleɪtɪv//
Synonyms for "elative" (3 found)
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16 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 15 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- اِسْم تَفْضِيل noun (elative degree of an adjective)
Czech
2 entries- elativ noun (elative degree of an adjective)
- elativ noun (elative case of a noun)
Estonian
2 entries- elatiiv noun (elative case of a noun)
- seestütlev noun (elative case of a noun)
Finnish
3 entries- elatiivi noun (elative degree of an adjective)
- elatiivi noun (elative case of a noun)
- sisäeronto noun (elative case of a noun)
French
2 entries- élatif noun (elative degree of an adjective)
- élatif noun (elative case of a noun)
Galician
1 entries- elativo noun (elative degree of an adjective)
German
2 entries- Elativ noun (elative case of a noun)
- elativisch noun (elative degree of an adjective)
Hungarian
1 entries- elativus noun (elative case of a noun)
Japanese
1 entries- 出格 noun (elative case of a noun)
Latin
1 entries- ēlātīvus noun (elative degree of an adjective)
Polish
2 entries- elativus noun (elative degree of an adjective)
- elativus noun (elative case of a noun)
Portuguese
1 entries- elativo noun (elative case of a noun)
Russian
4 entries- элати́в noun (elative degree of an adjective)
- элати́в noun (elative case of a noun)
- эляти́в noun (elative degree of an adjective)
- эляти́в noun (elative case of a noun)
Spanish
2 entries- caso elativo noun (elative case of a noun)
- elativo noun (elative degree of an adjective)
Ukrainian
2 entries- елати́в noun (elative case of a noun)
- еляти́в noun (elative case of a noun)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
And so the fleas, and flies in their degree, / By their attracted moyst humiditie, / Drawne from a certaine vertue elatiue, / Whence raine his generation doth deriue: / Seeke more than their accustom'd nutriment.
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Thither shall gratitude's feelings elative wend, / Bath'd in the dew of the soul's lofty swelling.
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The first case is that of E. M., 37 years of age, laborer, who on admission was elative, over-talkative, had a well marked feeling of well being.
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