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adessive case

adessive case noun: a noun case used to indicate adjacent location. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions "near", "at", or "by". Languages that use the adessive case include Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian, Lezgi and Lithuanian.

Noun

adessive case (plural adessive cases)

  1. A noun case used to indicate adjacent location. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions "near", "at", or "by". Languages that use the adessive case include Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian, Lezgi and Lithuanian.

Forms of adessive case

pluraladessive cases

Questions about adessive case

What does adessive case mean?
Adessive case means a noun case used to indicate adjacent location. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions "near", "at", or "by". Languages that use the adessive case include Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian, Lezgi and Lithuanian.
What part of speech is adessive case?
Adessive case is a noun.
What is the plural of adessive case?
The plural of adessive case is adessive cases.

Words near adessive case in the dictionary

  1. adespota
  2. adespotic
  3. Adessenarian
  4. Adessenarians
  5. adessive
  6. adessive case
  7. adessive cases
  8. adessively
  9. adessives
  10. adessivity
  11. Adestes

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