English-Finnish translations for ablative

• ablatiivi
  Suomen kielen ablatiivin sijapääte on -lta/-ltä
  Pojalta on ablatiivi poika-sanasta — pojalta odotamme paljon.
• ablatiivinen

Definition of ablative

• Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place, accordance, specifications, price, or measurement.
• Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect the underlying, as in ablative paints used for antifouling.
• Relating to the erosion of a land mass; relating to the melting or evaporation of a glacier.
• The ablative case.

Related words

• ablative case
• ablative absolute
• loose ablative