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essive

American  
[es-iv] / ˈɛs ɪv /

adjective

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

noun

  1. the essive case.

Etymology

Origin of essive

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

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