(grammar) the essive case, or a word in that case.
Used in a Sentence
essive
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for essive.
Editorial note
Nominative, accusative, genitive, essive, partitive, translative, inessive, elative, illative, adessive, ablative, allative, abessive, comitative or instructive?
Examples3
Definitions4
Parts of speech2
Quick take
(grammar) the essive case, or a word in that case.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of essive gathered in one view.
(grammar) of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates existence in a state or capacity.
(grammar, Indo-European linguistics) designating being in a state as opposed to entering into a state.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for essive.
noun
(grammar) the essive case, or a word in that case.
adjective
(grammar) of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates existence in a state or capacity.
adjective
(grammar, Indo-European linguistics) designating being in a state as opposed to entering into a state.
adjective
(rare) indicating a temporary state of being.
Example sentences
Nominative, accusative, genitive, essive, partitive, translative, inessive, elative, illative, adessive, ablative, allative, abessive, comitative or instructive?
Finnish and Estonian are also agglutinative, and I feel abject horror reading about "essive", "comitative", "abessive" and other cases.
Quote examples
Finnish and Estonian are also agglutinative, and I feel abject horror reading about "essive", "comitative", "abessive" and other cases.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use essive in a sentence?
Nominative, accusative, genitive, essive, partitive, translative, inessive, elative, illative, adessive, ablative, allative, abessive, comitative or instructive?
What does essive mean?
(grammar) the essive case, or a word in that case.
What part of speech is essive?
essive is commonly used as noun, adjective.