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Word: Translative
Speech Type: Adjective
mid 16th century (in an earlier sense). From classical Latin translātīvus of or belonging to transference, that is to be transferred, in post-classical Latin also metaphorical, of or relating to the removal of a saint's relics from translāt- + -īvus
Tending or serving to translate from one language to another; relating to, or consisting of, language translation.
Involving or enacting movement or transference from one place, condition, or state to another.
Expressing or constituting transference of property, etc., from the ownership of one person to another.
Designating motion consisting solely of movement from one place or point to another, without rotation, oscillation, etc.
In Uralic languages, such as Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian: designating a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives, or a class of verbs, the function of which is to express transformation or a change of state; (of a linguistic form) forming, relating to, or in this case or class.
Word: Translative
Speech Type: Noun
mid 16th century (in an earlier sense). From classical Latin translātīvus of or belonging to transference, that is to be transferred, in post-classical Latin also metaphorical, of or relating to the removal of a saint's relics from translāt- + -īvus
With the: the translative case. Also as a count noun: a word in the translative case; a form which is the translative case of a word.
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