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abessive

American

[a-bes-iv] / æˈbɛs ɪv /

adjective

noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate absence or lack.

noun

the abessive case.

Etymology

Origin of abessive

1890–94; < Latin abess ( e ) to be distant + -ive

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