perlative.
Describes a case, in very few inflected languages, that expresses movement through or along a referent noun, as "along" in "they travelled along the river".
Meaning & usage
Describes a case, in very few inflected languages, that expresses movement through or along a referent noun, as "along" in "they travelled along the river".
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin perlātus + -ive. By surface analysis, per- + lative.
The perlative case, also known as the pergressive case.
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin perlātus + -ive. By surface analysis, per- + lative.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.