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essive-modal

essive-modal noun: a case used in the Hungarian language to express the state, capacity, or task in which somebody is or which somebody has (essive case, e.g. "as a reward", "for example"), or the manner in which the action is carried out, or the language which somebody knows or speaks (modal case, e.g. "unexpectedly", "speak English").

Noun

essive-modal (uncountable)

  1. A case used in the Hungarian language to express the state, capacity, or task in which somebody is or which somebody has (essive case, e.g. "as a reward", "for example"), or the manner in which the action is carried out, or the language which somebody knows or speaks (modal case, e.g. "unexpectedly", "speak English").

Questions about essive-modal

What does essive-modal mean?
Essive-modal means a case used in the Hungarian language to express the state, capacity, or task in which somebody is or which somebody has (essive case, e.g. "as a reward", "for example"), or the manner in which the action is carried out, or the language which somebody knows or speaks (modal case, e.g. "unexpectedly", "speak English").
What part of speech is essive-modal?
Essive-modal is a noun.

Words near essive-modal in the dictionary

  1. Essingtons
  2. essive
  3. essive case
  4. essive cases
  5. essive-formal
  6. essive-modal
  7. essives
  8. Esslingen
  9. Esslinger
  10. Esslingers
  11. Essman

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