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Elative case

Elative is a locative case with the basic meaning "out of".

In Finnish elative is typically formed by adding "sta/stä", in Estonian - "st" to the genitive stem. In Hungarian suffix "ból/ből" is used for elative.

"talosta" - "out of the house, from house" (Finnish)
"majast" - "out of the house, from house" (Estonian)
"házból" - "out of house" (Hungarian)

Other locative cases are:

Inessive case ("in")
Illative case ("into")
Adessive case ("on")
Allative case ("onto")
Ablative case ("from off of")

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