"perlative" meaning in English

See perlative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin perlātus + -ive. By surface analysis, per- + lative. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|perlātus}} Learned borrowing from Latin perlātus, {{af|en|-ive}} -ive, {{surf|en|per-<id:through>|lative}} By surface analysis, per- + lative Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} perlative (not comparable)
  1. (grammar) Describes a case, in very few inflected languages, that expresses movement through or along a referent noun, as "along" in "they travelled along the river". Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-perlative-en-adj-3r8mHv-M Categories (other): Grammar, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with per- (through), English terms suffixed with -ive, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with per- (through): 62 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Noun

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin perlātus + -ive. By surface analysis, per- + lative. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|la|perlātus}} Learned borrowing from Latin perlātus, {{af|en|-ive}} -ive, {{surf|en|per-<id:through>|lative}} By surface analysis, per- + lative Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} perlative
  1. (grammar) The perlative case, also known as the pergressive case.
    Sense id: en-perlative-en-noun-qSU~hIWd Categories (other): Grammar Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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