caritiveadj.
/ˈkarɪtɪv/ Grammar.
Applied to the case used (in Caucasian languages, etc.) to express the lack of something. Also absol.
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polyptote1656
instrumental case1801
allative1831
adessive1852
abessive1854
instructive1857
caritive1860
comitative1860
juxtapositive1880
similative1884
illative1890
translative1890
introessive1903
perlative1937
lative1939
patient1939
ergative1943
elative1951
non-objective1954
superessive1971
1860 Trans. Philol. Soc. 1857 38 Cases are genitive, dative and the like all the world over... The extent to which they are also caritive, adessive and the like has yet to be investigated.
1939 L. H. Gray Found. Lang. vii. 201 The caritive denotes ‘lack of’.
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