locative
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (2)
- the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verbSynonyms: locative roleType of semantic role, participant role
- 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.”Synonyms: locative caseType of oblique, oblique case
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Loc′a·tive adjective
Grammar Indicating place, or the place where, or wherein; as, a locative adjective; locative case of a noun. — noun The locative case.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54