locative

[ lok-uh-tiv ]

adjective

1. (in certain inflected languages) noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place in or at which, as Latin domī “at home.”

noun

1. the locative case.
2. a word in that case.

locative

/ ˈlɒkətɪv /

adjective

1. (of a word or phrase) indicating place or direction
2. denoting a case of nouns, etc, that refers to the place at which the action described by the verb occurs

noun

1. 1. the locative case
   2. a word or speech element in this case

Other Words From

• un·loca·tive adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of locative¹

1795–1805; locate + -ive, on the model of vocative

Word History and Origins

Origin of locative¹

C19: locate + -ive , on the model of vocative

Example Sentences

Even Montenegro was to some degree influenced by this process, having lost one or two cases, such as the locative.

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Wude′ligûñ′yĭ—the west; literally “there where it (the sun) goes down” (w prefixed implies distance, yĭ, locative).

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Kin or Cin, older cind, is really a survival of the old dative or locative of Gael.

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In Latin the locative has been confused with the genitive and the ablative, and the instrumental with the ablative.

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In one of his later papers, he argues that the origin of such subjective nominals is often, perhaps generally, locative.

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