abessive

[ a-bes-iv ]

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

noun
  1. the abessive case.

Origin of abessive

1
1890–94; <Latin abess(e) to be distant + -ive

Words Nearby abessive

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