inessive

English

Etymology

From in- (“in”) +‎ essive.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛsɪv

Adjective

inessive (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Of or relating to the inessive case, a grammatical case that in some languages indicates the state of being in or inside a location.
    Coordinate terms: abessive, adessive
    • 2015, Aet Lees, Case Alternations in Five Finnic Languages: Estonian, Finnish, Karelian, Livonian and Veps, BRILL, →ISBN, page 272:
      Their objects are partitive except in Finnish, where there is one accusative object of an inessive infinitive and two of adessive infinitives.

Translations

Noun

inessive (plural inessives)

  1. (grammar) The inessive case, or a word in that case.
    Coordinate terms: abessive, adessive

Translations

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