sublative
/S AH0 B L AH0 T IH0 V/noun
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(grammar) A case of nouns in Finno-Ugric languages used to express the destination of movement, originally onto the surface of something (e.g. climb onto a tree), and, by extension, in other figurative meanings as well (e.g. to university, or about (a subject)).
adjective
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(grammar) Of or relating to the sublative case.
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Having power, or tending, to take away.
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