inessive case

English

Noun

inessive case (plural inessive cases)

  1. (grammar) noun case used to indicate location inside something. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositions "in" or "inside", as in "inside the house". Languages that use the inessive case include Finnish, Hungarian, Estonian, Ossetian and Erzya.

Translations
case used to indicate location inside something — see inessive

See also
  • Appendix:Grammatical cases
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