inessive case
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Inessive case — (from Latin inesse to be in or at ) is a locative grammatical case. This case carries the basic meaning of in : for example, in the house is talo·ssa in Finnish, maja·s in Estonian, etxea·n in Basque, nam·e in Lithuanian and ház·ban in… … Wikipedia
inessive — 1. adjective Of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates the state of being in or inside a location. 2. noun The inessive case, or a word in that case … Wiktionary
inessive — /in es iv/, Gram. adj. 1. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate place in or within which. n. 2. the inessive case. [1885 90; < L iness(e) to be in, at, or on (in IN 2 + esse to be; see IS) + IVE] * * * … Universalium
inessive — I. ə̇ˈnesiv adjective Etymology: Latin inesse to be in (from in in (II) + esse to be) + English ive more at is of a grammatical case : denoting position or location within … Useful english dictionary
case — Synonyms and related words: Bible truth, Smyth sewing, abessive, ablative, absolute fact, accepted fact, accusative, action, actual fact, adessive, admitted fact, afghan, alien, allative, ammunition box, anyhow, anyway, apoplectic, approximative … Moby Thesaurus
Locative case — Locative (also called the seventh case ) is a grammatical case which indicates a location. It corresponds vaguely to the English prepositions in , on , at , and by . The locative case belongs to the general local cases together with the lative… … Wikipedia
Adessive case — In Finno Ugric languages, such as Finnish, Estonian and Hungarian, the adessive case (from Latin adesse to be present ) is the fourth of the locative cases with the basic meaning of on . For example, Estonian laud (table) and laual (on the table) … Wikipedia
Allative case — (abbreviated ALL, from Latin allāt , afferre to bring to ) is a type of the locative cases used in several languages. The term allative is generally used for the lative case in the majority of languages which do not make finer… … Wikipedia
Illative case — in the Finno Ugric languages= Illative (from Latin illatus brought in ) is, in the Finnish language, Estonian language and the Hungarian language, the third of the locative cases with the basic meaning of into (the inside of) .An example from… … Wikipedia
Abessive case — In linguistics, abessive (abbreviated ABESS, from Latin abesse to be distant ), caritive and privative (abbreviated PRIV) are names for a grammatical case expressing the lack or absence of the marked noun. In English, the corresponding function… … Wikipedia
