Essive
[es-iv] /ˈɛs ɪv/ Grammar
adjective
1.
noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate a state of being.
noun
2.
the essive case.
adj.
1890, from Finnish essiivi, from Latin esse (see essence).
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