adessive case

adessive case

English

Noun

adessive case (plural adessive cases)

1. (grammar) A noun case used to indicate adjacent location. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions near, at, or by, as in "by the house." Languages that use the adessive case include Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian, Lezgi and Lithuanian.

Translations

noun case used to indicate adjacent location

Chinese: Mandarin: 接格 (jiēgé) Estonian: alalütlev kääne (et), adessiiv (et) Finnish: adessiivi (fi), ulko-olento (fi) French: adessif (fr) m German: Adessiv (de) m Hungarian: adessivus Icelandic: nærverufall (is) n Ingrian: adessiivi

Italian: caso adessivo m Japanese: 接格 (せっかく, sekkaku) Novial: adesive Portuguese: caso adessivo m Romanian: caz adesiv n, adesiv n Russian: адесси́в (ru) m (adessív) Spanish: caso adesivo m Votic: adessiivi

See also

• Appendix:Grammatical cases