ablativform

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

ablativ ‎ form, first part from Latin (cāsus) ablātīvus (“ablative case, ablative”), from ablātus (“taken away, stolen, having been stolen”) (with the suffix -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European *-iHwós, from *-wós), perfect passive participle of auferō (“I take away”), from both ab- (“from, away, off”), from ab (“from, away from, of”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) and from ferō (“I bear, carry, bring”), from Proto-Italic *ferō (“to carry, bear”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (“to be carrying”), from *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). Last part from Old Norse form, from Latin forma (“form; figure, shape, appearance”), from fōrma (“form, figure, shape, appearance”), perhaps from Etruscan *morma, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “shape, form, appearance”), possibly of Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːblatiːʋfɔrm/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrm
• Hyphenation: ab‧la‧tiv‧form

Noun

ablativform f or m (definite singular ablativforma or ablativformen, indefinite plural ablativformer, definite plural ablativformene)

1. (grammar, linguistics) an inflection of a word in the ablative case
   • 1890, Alf Torp, Den græske Nominalflexion, page 32:

     adverbielt brugte ablativformer

     adverbially used ablative forms

References

• “ablativform” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).