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benefactive cases

benefactive cases is the plural of benefactive case.

Meaning of benefactive case

Noun

benefactive case (plural benefactive cases)

  1. A case used to indicate beneficiary, or the receiver of the benefit, roughly corresponding to English prepositions such as for, for the benefit of, in the interests of, intended for, or on behalf of.
    • Basque and Quechua are languages with a benefactive case.

Questions about benefactive cases

What is benefactive cases the plural of?
Benefactive cases is the plural of benefactive case.

Words near benefactive cases in the dictionary

  1. benefacting
  2. benefaction
  3. benefactions
  4. benefactive
  5. benefactive case
  6. benefactive cases
  7. benefactives
  8. benefactivity
  9. benefactor
  10. benefactoress
  11. benefactoresses

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