essive

[ es-iv ]

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

noun
  1. the essive case.

Origin of essive

1
1900–05; <Finnish essivi<Latin ess(e) to be + -īvus-ive

Words Nearby essive

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