Locative

/ˈlɒk.ə.tɪv/

Synonyms for "locative" (20 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Strong matches (6)

Noun(5 words)
grammaticalillativelocation caselocation phraselocational
Adjective(1 words)
locational word

Related words (10)

Noun(8 words)
locative caselocative rolemurmanskplace caseplace phrasepositionalspatialspatial expression

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

12 entries
casegeographic termgrammatical casegrammatical categorylinguistic categorylinguistic featureobliqueoblique caseparticipant rolesemantic rolespatial descriptorspatial relation

More specific

9 entries
areal adjectivescase-bearing formgeographic descriptorslocative adjectiveslocative markerlocative particlelocative phraselocative suffixspatial preposition

Collocations

7 entries
locational adjectivelocative caselocative expressionlocative markerlocative phraselocative prepositionlocative suffix

Inflections

3 entries
locativesmore locativemost locative

Derivations

4 entries

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

As Paul says, it is really perfectly gratuitous ("es ist im grunde reine willkur") to call the case we have in German (and Old English) a dative, for besides the functions of the dative it fulfils the functions of the old locative, ablative, and instrumental.

Source: tatoeba (9940602)

a locative adjective

Source: wiktionary

the locative case of a noun

Source: wiktionary

Brian: Ah. Ah, dative, sir! Ahh! No, not dative! Not the dative, sir! No! Ah! Oh, the… accusative! Accusative! Ah! Domum, sir! Ad domum! Ah! Oooh! Ah! Centurion: Except that domus takes the…? Brian: The locative, sir! Centurion: Which is…?!

Source: wiktionary

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