translative case

grammatical case that indicates a change in state of a noun, with the general sense of "becoming X" or "change to X"
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translative case

Summary

translative case is a case[1]. It draws 240 Wikipedia views per month (case category, ranking #25 of 65).[2]

Key Facts

  • translative case's instance of is recorded as case[3].
  • translative case is a type of locative case[4].
  • translative case is a type of factive case[5].
  • translative case is the opposite of essive case[6].
  • translative case's described by source is recorded as Towards a typology of morphological case[7].
  • translative case's used by is recorded as Finnish[8].
  • translative case's used by is recorded as Estonian[9].
  • translative case's different from is recorded as transitive case[10].
  • translative case's different from is recorded as prolative case[11].
  • translative case's exact match is recorded as http://www.lexinfo.net/ontology/3.0/lexinfo#translativeCase[12].
  • translative case's exact match is recorded as https://acoli-repo.github.io/olia/html/core/olia.html#class_TranslativeCase[13].
  • translative case's P14892 is recorded as TranslativeCase[14].

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Definition and Type

translative case's instance of is recorded as case[3]. Recorded subclass of include locative case[4] and factive case[5]. It is the opposite of essive case[6].

Use and Application

Recorded used by include Finnish[8] and Estonian[9].

Why It Matters

translative case draws 240 Wikipedia views per month (case category, ranking #25 of 65).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → —
    P14892 → TranslativeCase
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1709]]: http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/TranslativeCase"
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