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Thesemblative case (abbreviatedSEMBL) is agrammatical case that denotes the similarity of one entity to another. The semblative case is sometimes referred to as thesimilative case.

Wagiman, anindigenous Australian language, has a semblative case suffix-yiga, that is functionally identical to the-like suffix inEnglish, as in the example:

InWarlpiri, the semblative case can be a semantic case, i.e., it can be semantically richer and less dependent on the verb. In the example below, the-piya ('like') suffix can act as the main predicate and can attach to a demonstrative, suggesting that it is not purely a derivational affix.

'The barn owl is white. The Boobook owl isjust like him except that the barn owl is white.'[1]

Although the semblative case is not found inEnglish, there are several semblativederivational suffixes, including-like,-ish and-esque.

Texas Man Catches Fish With Human-Like Teeth^[2]

As in many other languages, semblativity in English is marked with derivational affixes instead of being an inflectional case.

• Comparative case
• Formal case
• Equative case

• The dictionary definition ofsemblative at Wiktionary

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