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inessive_case
inessive case
English
Noun
inessive case (plural inessive cases)
- (grammar) noun case used to indicate location inside something. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions "in" or "inside", as in "inside the house". Languages that use the inessive case include Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian, and Erzya.
Translations
case used to indicate location inside something — see inessive
See also
- Appendix:Grammatical cases