elative (adj./n.) (elat, ELAT)

A term used in GRAMMATICAL DESCRIPTION to refer to a type of INFLECTION which expresses the meaning of motion ‘away from (inside)’ a place. The elative CASE (‘the elative’) is found in Finnish, for example, along with ALLATIVE, ADESSIVE, and several other cases expressing ‘local’ temporal and spatial meanings. ‘Elative’ is often contrasted with ABLATIVE – from inside V. from outside.