caritive

English

Etymology

From Latin careo (“I lack, am without”).

Adjective

caritive (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Of or relating to the caritive case.
  2. (grammar) Of words or endings that express a lack of something, for example English homeless/-less or unsalted/un-, Finnish koditon, suolaton, -ton.

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