exessive case
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Exessive case — The exessive case is a grammatical case that denotes a transition away from a state. It is a rare case found in certain dialects of Baltic Finnic languages. It completes the series of to/in/from a state series consisting of the translative case,… … Wikipedia
exessive — 1. adjective Of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates the transition away from a state. 2. noun The exessive case, or a word in that case … Wiktionary
Grammatical case — Grammatical categories Animacy Aspect Case Clusivity Definiteness Degree of comparison Evidentiality … Wikipedia
Vocative case — For the assembly programming concept, see Addressing mode. The vocative case (abbreviated voc) is the case used for a noun identifying the person (animal, object, etc.) being addressed and/or occasionally the determiners of that noun. A vocative… … Wikipedia
Accusative case — The accusative case (abbreviated acc) of a noun is the grammatical case used to mark the direct object of a transitive verb. The same case is used in many languages for the objects of (some or all) prepositions. It is a noun that is having… … Wikipedia
Dative case — The dative case (abbreviated dat, or sometimes d when it is a core argument) is a grammatical case generally used to indicate the noun to whom something is given, as in George gave Jamie a drink . In general, the dative marks the indirect object… … Wikipedia
Nominative case — The nominative case (abbreviated nom) is one of the grammatical cases of a noun or other part of speech, which generally marks the subject of a verb or the predicate noun or predicate adjective, as opposed to its object or other verb arguments.… … Wikipedia
Oblique case — An oblique case (abbreviated obl; Latin: casus generalis) in linguistics is a noun case of synthetic languages that is used generally when a noun is the object of a verb or a preposition. An oblique case can appear in any case relationship except … Wikipedia
Comitative case — The comitative case (abbreviated com), also known as the associative case (abbreviated ass), is a grammatical case that denotes companionship, and is used where English would use in company with or together with [citation needed]. Among other… … Wikipedia
Direct case — Not to be confused with direct object. In Indo Aryan languages, and Eastern Iranian languages, the direct case (abbreviated dir) is the name given to a grammatical case used with all three core relations: the agent of transitive verbs, the… … Wikipedia
