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In grammar, nouns in the superlative case (abbreviated supl or more ambiguously sup) typically denote objects over which or onto the top of which another object moves (movement over or onto the top of is important here).

In English, similar meanings are expressed by nouns following the prepositions on top of and over preceded by a verb of motion:

I threw the ball on top of the house. Used in Northeast Caucasian languages such as Tsez, Bezhta and Hinuq.^[1]

References

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↑ Forker, Diana (30 April 2013). A Grammar of Hinuq. Walter de Gruyter. p. 715. ISBN 978-3-11-030397-1. Retrieved 12 August 2026.

Grammatical cases

Cases

Morphosyntactic alignment	Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive Nominative Oblique Partitive Pegative
Location, time, direction	Ablative Adessive Allative Antessive Apudessive Approximative Delative Distributive -temporal Egressive Elative Illative Inelative Inessive Intrative Lative Limitative Locative -qualitative Medial Perlative Pertingent Postelative Postessive Prolative Subessive Sublative Superessive Superlative Temporal Terminative
Possession, companion, instrument	Abessive Caritive Comitative Dative Genitive Instrumental -comitative Ornative Possessed Possessive Privative Sociative
State, manner	Adverbial Comparative Equative Essive -formal -modal Exessive Instructive Modal Multiplicative Orientative Semblative Translative
Cause, purpose	Aversive Benefactive Causal -final Final
Other	Postpositional/Prepositional Vocative

Declensions

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