ABESSIVE


Meaning of ABESSIVE in English

/a bes"iv/ , Gram.

adj.

1. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate absence or lack.

n.

2. the abessive case.

[ 1890-94; abess ( e ) to be distant + -IVE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .