Elative Highness
Elative can refer to: *Elative case, a grammatical case in Finno-Ugric languages and others *Elative (gradation) In Semitic linguistics, the elative ( ', literally meaning "noun of preference") is a stage of gradation that can be used to express comparatives or superlatives. The Arabic elative has a special inflection similar to that of colour and defect a ...

Elative Case
In grammar, the elative case (abbreviated ; from "to bring or carry out") is a locative grammatical case signifying that something comes from something, somewhere or someone. Usage Uralic languages In Finnish, the elative is typically formed by adding , in Estonian by adding to the genitive stem, in Livonian and in Erzya. In Hungarian, the suffix expresses the elative: : - "out of the house, from the house" (Finnish = "house") - "out of the houses, from the houses" (Finnish = "houses") : - "out of the house, from the house" (Estonian = "house") : Erzya: - "out of the house, from the house" (Erzya = "house") : - "out of the house" (Hungarian = "house") In some dialects of Finnish it is common to drop the final vowel of the elative ending, which then becomes identical to the elative morpheme of Estonian; for example: . This pronunciation is common in southern Finland, appearing in the southwestern dialects and in some Tavastian dialects. Most other dialects u ...
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