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abessive

  • /æˈbɛ.sɪv/ US
  • /ˈæˌbɛ.sɪv/ US

Rhymes with -ɛsɪv

Where it comes from

From Latin abesse (“to be absent”), infinitive of absum, from ab- (“away”) + sum (“be”, verb). Compare English absent.

adjective

  1. not comparable Of, or relating to the grammatical case used in some languages to indicate absence.

noun abessives

  1. The abessive case, or a word in this case.

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noun the abessive case

Españolabesivo
中文欠格 qiàngé
Françaisabessif
DeutschAbessiv
Русскийабесси́вный паде́ж abɛssívnyj padéž, абесси́в abɛssív

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@misc{abessive_2026,
  title = {abessive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/abessive},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}