adessive case

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adessive case

1. (grammar) A noun case used to indicate adjacent location. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions near, at, or by, as in "by the house." Languages that use the adessive case include Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian, Lezgi and Lithuanian.

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Finnish: ulko-olento fi(fi), adessiivi fi(fi) French: adessif m. German: Adessiv m. Icelandic: nærverufall is(is) n. Italian: caso adessivo m.

Japanese: 接格 (せっかく, sekkaku) Novial: adesive Portuguese: caso adessivo m. Russian: адессив (adessív) m. Spanish: caso adesivo m.

[edit] See also

• Appendix:Grammatical cases