ablativisk

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

ablativ +‎ -isk, first part from Latin (cāsus) ablātīvus (“ablative case, ablative”), from ablātus (“taken away, stolen, having been stolen”) (with the suffix -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European *-iHwós, from *-wós), perfect passive participle of auferō (“I take away”), from both ab- (“from, away, off”), from ab (“from, away from, of”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and from ferō (“I bear, carry, bring”), from Proto-Italic *ferō (“to carry, bear”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (“to be carrying”), from *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). Last part from Old Norse -iskr, from Proto-Germanic *-iskaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ablaˈtiːʋɪsk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪsk
• Hyphenation: ab‧la‧tiv‧isk

Adjective

ablativisk (neuter singular ablativisk, definite singular and plural ablativiske, comparative mer ablativisk, superlative mest ablativisk)

1. (grammar, linguistics) of or pertaining to the ablative case (with the meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away)
   • 1890, Alf Torp, Den græske Nominalflexion, page 31:

     ren ablativisk betydning har de [oppramsede doriske] adverbier

     purely ablative meaning have the [enumerated Doric] adverbs

References

• “ablativisk” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).