Separately
The separative is a case that expresses a separation from a person or thing. Its meaning is “from…”. In many languages, its function is performed by the ablative (e.g. "ablativus separativus" in Latin ), in other languages there are - in addition to an ablative - special forms for the separative. Languages that have neither ablative nor separative forms express the separation with the help of prepositions or postpositions (e.g. in German).
Examples
Basque
The Basque recognizes the following forms for the ablative:
- Ending / - (eta) tik / (inanimat) or / - (ar) engandik / (animat), meaning "from ... away, ... along"
So
- etxetik "away from home, from home"
- katuarengandik "from the cat (away)"
Zazaisch
The Zaza language also has the separative. As an example of the masculine , lacek ("the boy") is considered here , for the feminine keyneke ("the girl") and domani ("the children") for the neuter . In the separative, the words take on the endings lacek -i ra , keynek -e ra , and doman -an ra . The meaning is "away from the boy / girl / children".
Individual evidence
- ^ Case formation in the Zaza language , Wikipedia