Definition of allative

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al·la·tive    (l-tv) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

Of, relating to, or being the grammatical case expressing motion toward a place, as Finnish stadionille "to the stadium."

NOUN:

1. The allative case.
2. A word in the allative case.

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ETYMOLOGY:
New Latin alltvus, from Latin alltus, past participle of afferre, to bring toward : ad-, ad- + ltus, carried; see tel- in Indo-European roots