Editing Lative case (section)

{{Short description|Grammatical case}}
In [[grammar]], the '''lative''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|eɪ|t|ɪ|v}} {{respell|LAY|tiv}}; [[list of glossing abbreviations|abbreviated]] {{sc|'''lat'''}}) is a [[grammatical case]] which indicates motion to a location.<ref name="PanuMäkinen--AdvCases" /> It corresponds to the English prepositions "to" and "into". The lative case belongs to the group of the general local cases together with the [[locative case|locative]] and [[separative case]]. The term derives from the Latin ''lat-'', the fourth principal part of ''ferre'', "to bring, carry".

The lative case is typical of the [[Uralic languages]] and it was one of the [[Proto-Uralic]] cases. It still exists in many Uralic languages, such as [[Finnish language|Finnish]], [[Erzya language|Erzya]], [[Moksha language|Moksha]], and [[Meadow Mari language|Meadow Mari]].

It is also found in the [[Tsezic languages|Dido languages]], such as [[Tsez language|Tsez]], [[Bezhta language|Bezhta]], and [[Khwarshi language|Khwarshi]], as well as in the [[Kartvelian languages|South Caucasian languages]], such as Laz or Lazuri (''see [[Laz grammar]]'').