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comitative case

comitative case noun: noun case used to denote companionship. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositional phrase in company with, together with or with, as in "with the house." Languages that use the comitative case include Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Inari Sami, Northern Sami, Skolt Sami, and Quechua. It is also found in many Australian Aboriginal languages, where it is commonly used to form names of places and languages.

Noun

comitative case (plural comitative cases)

  1. Noun case used to denote companionship. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositional phrase in company with, together with or with, as in "with the house." Languages that use the comitative case include Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Inari Sami, Northern Sami, Skolt Sami, and Quechua. It is also found in many Australian Aboriginal languages, where it is commonly used to form names of places and languages.

Forms of comitative case

pluralcomitative cases

Questions about comitative case

What does comitative case mean?
Comitative case means noun case used to denote companionship. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositional phrase in company with, together with or with, as in "with the house." Languages that use the comitative case include Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Inari Sami, Northern Sami, Skolt Sami, and Quechua. It is also found in many Australian Aboriginal languages, where it is commonly used to form names of places and languages.
What part of speech is comitative case?
Comitative case is a noun.
What is the plural of comitative case?
The plural of comitative case is comitative cases.

Words near comitative case in the dictionary

  1. comitajis
  2. comital
  3. comitant
  4. comitati
  5. comitative
  6. comitative case
  7. comitative cases
  8. comitatively
  9. comitatives
  10. comitativity
  11. comitatus

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