In linguistics, abessive (abbreviated abe or abess), caritive (abbreviated car) and privative (abbreviated priv) is the grammatical case expressing the lack or absence of the marked noun. In English, the corresponding function is expressed by the preposition without or by the suffix -less.
In linguistics, abessive (abbreviated abe or abess), caritive (abbreviated car) and privative (abbreviated priv) is the grammatical case expressing the lack or absence of the marked noun. In English, the corresponding function is expressed by the preposition without or by the suffix -less.
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