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illative cases

illative cases is the plural of illative case.

Meaning of illative case

Noun

illative case (plural illative cases)

  1. A case used to indicate movement into something; for example, into the house.
    • Languages that make use of the illative case include Finnish, Hungarian, and Quechua.

Questions about illative cases

What is illative cases the plural of?
Illative cases is the plural of illative case.

Words near illative cases in the dictionary

  1. Illarionova
  2. illation
  3. illations
  4. illative
  5. illative case
  6. illative cases
  7. illatively
  8. illatives
  9. illaudable
  10. illaudably
  11. illaudatory

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