essive

[ es-iv ]

/ ˈɛs ɪv /

Grammar

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adjective

noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate a state of being.

noun

the essive case.

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Origin of essive

1900–05; <Finnish essivi<Latin ess(e) to be + -īvus-ive