Locative case

Locative case

The locative case (called prepositional case in Russian) is found in:

in modern Baltic and Slavic languages
some classical Indo-European languages, particularly Sanskrit and Latin
in uncommon, archaic or literary use in certain modern Indian languages (such as Marathi in which a separate ablative case has however disappeared)

The locative case corresponds vaguely to the preposition "in", "at", or "by" of English and indicates a final location of action or a time of the action.

In languages such as Finnish, there is a set of six distinct locative cases that express different relationships to location.

See also