English
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Noun
essive case
#grammar Noun case used to indicate a temporary state of being. In English, this is often expressed by the adverb "as," as in "as a child, I played hopscotch." It is also used to signal the site of an action or the time at which it took place. Languages that use the essive case include Estonian, Finnish, Inuktitut, and Sami.
Translations
Finnish: essiivi
French: essif m
German: Essiv m
Italian: caso essivo m
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Novial: esive
Portuguese: caso essivo m
Russian: Ñ�Ñ�Ñ�ивнÑ�й падеж (essÃvnyj padéž) m
Spanish: caso esivo m
Synonyms
similaris case
See also
Appendix:Grammatical cases
fr:essive case
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