ablative case

Also known as abl, ablative form

grammatical case

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The ablative case is a grammatical form used in some languages (like Latin) to indicate the relationship between words, typically showing where something is from, what it's made of, or what means or method is being used. It matters because understanding how words change in the ablative case is essential for correctly reading and translating texts in languages that use this system.

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exact match: acoli-repo.github.io/olia/html/core/olia.html#class_AblativeCase
short name: ABL
equivalent class: purl.org/linguistics/gold/AblativeCase

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Introduction to the ablative case from a 1903 Latin textbook

In grammar, the ablative case (pronounced /ˈæblətɪv/ AB-lə-tiv; abbreviated abl) is a grammatical case for nouns, pronouns, and adjectives in the grammars of various languages. It is used to indicate motion away from something. In different languages it can additionally serve various other purposes, e.g., to make comparisons (in Armenian). The word "ablative" derives from the Latin ablatus, the (suppletive) perfect, passive participle of auferre "to carry away".