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inessive cases

inessive cases is the plural of inessive case.

Meaning of inessive case

Noun

inessive case (plural inessive cases)

  1. A noun case used to indicate location inside something. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions "in" or "inside". Languages that use the inessive case include Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian, Ossetian, and Erzya.

Questions about inessive cases

What is inessive cases the plural of?
Inessive cases is the plural of inessive case.

Words near inessive cases in the dictionary

  1. inessentiality
  2. inessentially
  3. inessentials
  4. inessive
  5. inessive case
  6. inessive cases
  7. inessives
  8. inessivity
  9. inestation
  10. inesthetic
  11. inestimability

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