Inessive

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The inessive case, or a word in that case.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to the inessive case, a grammatical case that in some languages indicates the state of being in or inside a location. not-comparable

    "Their objects are partitive except in Finnish, where there is one accusative object of an inessive infinitive and two of adessive infinitives."

Synonyms

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caseincessivenominativeprepositional

Example

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"Their objects are partitive except in Finnish, where there is one accusative object of an inessive infinitive and two of adessive infinitives."

Etymology

From in- (“in”) + essive.

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grammatical caseinessive case

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