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instrumental cases

instrumental cases is the plural of instrumental case.

Meaning of instrumental case

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.

Questions about instrumental cases

What is instrumental cases the plural of?
Instrumental cases is the plural of instrumental case.

Words near instrumental cases in the dictionary

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

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