abessiv

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From New Latin casus abessivus (“abessive case”), itself from Latin abesse (“to be absent”), infinitive of absum, from ab- (“away”) +‎ sum (“be”, verb).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbɛsːɪʋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʋ
• Hyphenation: ab‧es‧siv

Noun

abessiv m (definite singular abessiven, indefinite plural abessiver, definite plural abessivene)

1. (grammar, linguistics) the abessive case (the grammatical case used in some languages to indicate absence.)

   Språk som bruker abessiv kasus inkluderer erzjamordvinsk, estisk, finsk, nordsamisk og enaresamisk

   Languages that use the abessive case include Erzya, Estonian, Finnish, Northern Sámi, and Inari Sami.

Synonyms

• karitiv (“caritive”)
• privativ (“privative”)

References

• “abessiv” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “abessiv (grammatikk)” in Store norske leksikon

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Noun

abessiv

1. abessive case

Inflection

Inflection of abessiv (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	abessiv
genitive sing.	abessivan
partitive sing.	abessivad
partitive plur.	abessivoid
	singular	plural
nominative	abessiv	abessivad
accusative	abessivan	abessivad
genitive	abessivan	abessivoiden
partitive	abessivad	abessivoid
essive-instructive	abessivan	abessivoin
translative	abessivaks	abessivoikš
inessive	abessivas	abessivoiš
elative	abessivaspäi	abessivoišpäi
illative	abessivaha	abessivoihe
adessive	abessival	abessivoil
ablative	abessivalpäi	abessivoilpäi
allative	abessivale	abessivoile
abessive	abessivata	abessivoita
comitative	abessivanke	abessivoidenke
prolative	abessivadme	abessivoidme
approximative I	abessivanno	abessivoidenno
approximative II	abessivannoks	abessivoidennoks
egressive	abessivannopäi	abessivoidennopäi
terminative I	abessivahasai	abessivoihesai
terminative II	abessivalesai	abessivoilesai
terminative III	abessivassai	—
additive I	abessivahapäi	abessivoihepäi
additive II	abessivalepäi	abessivoilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “абессив”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika