- exessive
- 1. adjectiveOf, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates the transition away from a state.2. nounThe exessive case, or a word in that 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
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