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instrumental case

instrumental case noun: a noun case used to express means or agency—and is generally indicated in English by by or with with the objective. Languages that use the instrumental case include Armenian, Serbo-Croatian, Czech, Dyirbal, Georgian, Latvian, Slovene, Polish, Ukrainian, Quechua, Russian, Assamese, Tamil, Turkish and Sanskrit. Extinct languages that used the instrumental case include Old English, Old Saxon and Old High German.

Noun

instrumental case (plural instrumental cases)

  1. A noun case used to express means or agency—and is generally indicated in English by by or with with the objective. Languages that use the instrumental case include Armenian, Serbo-Croatian, Czech, Dyirbal, Georgian, Latvian, Slovene, Polish, Ukrainian, Quechua, Russian, Assamese, Tamil, Turkish and Sanskrit. Extinct languages that used the instrumental case include Old English, Old Saxon and Old High German.

instrumental case meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

instrumental case in Hindi

instrumental case
तृतीया विभक्ति tŕtīyā vibhakti

instrumental case in Tamil

case to express agency or means
மூன்றாம் வேற்றுமை mūṉṟām vēṟṟumai, கருவி வேற்றுமை karuvi vēṟṟumai

instrumental case in Marathi

case to express agency or means
तृतीया विभक्ती tŕtīyā vibhaktī

instrumental case in Bengali

instrumental case
তৃতীয়া tritiya, করণ koron
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instrumental case in Telugu
తృతీయా విభక్తి tr̥tīyā vibhakti
instrumental case in Gujarati
તૃતીયા tŕtīyā
instrumental case in Odia
କରଣ karaṇa
instrumental case in Sanskrit
तृतीया विभक्ति tṛtīyā vibhakti
instrumental case in Malay
kes instrumental
instrumental case in Thai
กรณการก
instrumental case in Vietnamese
tạo cách, cách công cụ

Forms of instrumental case

pluralinstrumental cases

Questions about instrumental case

What does instrumental case mean?
Instrumental case means a noun case used to express means or agency—and is generally indicated in English by by or with with the objective. Languages that use the instrumental case include Armenian, Serbo-Croatian, Czech, Dyirbal, Georgian, Latvian, Slovene, Polish, Ukrainian, Quechua, Russian, Assamese, Tamil, Turkish and Sanskrit. Extinct languages that used the instrumental case include Old English, Old Saxon and Old High German.
What is instrumental case in Hindi?
Instrumental case in Hindi is तृतीया विभक्ति (tŕtīyā vibhakti). See Instrumental case meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is instrumental case?
Instrumental case is a noun.
What is the plural of instrumental case?
The plural of instrumental case is instrumental cases.

Words near instrumental case in the dictionary

  1. instrument nurses
  2. instrument panel
  3. instrument panels
  4. instrument-shaped object
  5. instrumental
  6. instrumental case
  7. instrumental cases
  8. instrumental rationality
  9. instrumental version
  10. instrumental versions
  11. instrumental width

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Adapted from Wiktionary: instrumental case (page history and authors); तृतीया विभक्ति (Hindi) (page history and authors); করণ (Bengali) (page history and authors); କରଣ (Odia) (page history and authors); तृतीया विभक्ति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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