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abessive case

abessive case noun: a grammatical case used to express the lack or absence of something. It has the meaning of the English preposition without or the affix -less.

Noun

abessive case (plural abessive cases)

  1. A grammatical case used to express the lack or absence of something. It has the meaning of the English preposition without or the affix -less.
    • Languages that use the abessive case include Erzya, Estonian, Finnish, Mongolian, and Inari Sámi.

Synonyms of abessive case

Forms of abessive case

pluralabessive cases

Questions about abessive case

What does abessive case mean?
Abessive case means a grammatical case used to express the lack or absence of something. It has the meaning of the English preposition without or the affix -less.
What part of speech is abessive case?
Abessive case is a noun.
What is the plural of abessive case?
The plural of abessive case is abessive cases.

Words near abessive case in the dictionary

  1. Aberystwythians
  2. Aberzombie
  3. Aberzombies
  4. Abes
  5. abessive
  6. abessive case
  7. abessive cases
  8. abessives
  9. abet
  10. abetalipoproteinaemia
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