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Noun: locative  ló-ku-tiv
  1. The semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb
    - locative role
     
  2. A case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein.
    "Languages that use the locative case include Armenian, Azeri, Belarusian, Catalan, Serbo-Croatian, Czech, Dyirbal, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Quechua, Russian, Sanskrit, Slovak, Slovene, Swahili, Turkish and Ukrainian.";
    - locative case

Derived forms: locatives

Type of: oblique, oblique case, participant role, semantic role

Encyclopedia: Locative