allativesingular

Allativesingular refers to a grammatical case found in some languages that marks a noun in the singular number as being the recipient or destination of movement or action. It signifies "towards" or "onto" a singular entity. This case is distinct from other locative cases, such as the adessive or lative, which might indicate a stationary position or a general direction, respectively. The allative singular specifically denotes movement directed at a single, concrete object or person. For instance, in languages with this case, a sentence might use it to express "I am going to the house" (where "house" is singular and the destination) or "He threw the ball at the wall" (where "wall" is singular and the target). The presence of an allative singular case indicates a fine-grained distinction in how spatial and directional relationships are encoded within a language's grammar, highlighting the particularity of the singular target. Its absence in other languages suggests alternative grammatical strategies for expressing similar meanings, often through prepositions or verb affixes.