Elative vs Flative - What's the difference?
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(grammar) In Semitic languages, the “adjective of superiority.” In some languages such as Arabic, the concepts of comparative and superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a single form, the elative . How this form is understood or translated depends upon context and definiteness. In the absence of comparison, the elative conveys the notion of “greatest”, “supreme.”
(grammar) In Finno-Ugric languages, one of the locative cases, expressing “out of,” as in Finnish talosta, Hungarian ból (“out of the house”). Its opposite is the illative case (“into”). In Finnish, the case form is used also to express "out of" or "proximity" in a figurative sense which in English is often conveyed by the word "about" .
As a noun elative
is (grammar) in semitic languages, the “adjective of superiority” in some languages such as arabic, the concepts of comparative and superlative degree of an adjective are merged into a single form, the elative how this form is understood or translated depends upon context and definiteness in the absence of comparison, the elative conveys the notion of “greatest”, “supreme” or elative can be (grammar) in finno-ugric languages, one of the locative cases, expressing “out of,” as in finnish talosta, hungarian ból (“out of the house”) its opposite is the illative case (“into”) in finnish, the case form is used also to express "out of" or "proximity" in a figurative sense which in english is often conveyed by the word "about" .As an adjective flative is
(obsolete) producing wind; flatulent.elative
English
(wikipedia elative)Etymology 1
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- The elative of .
