adessive

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adjective

Of or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates adjacent location.

OriginEnglish essive ← Latin ad- ← Proto-Italic *ad- →
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Meanings

adjectiveadessive (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegrammarOf or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates adjacent location.

    Their objects are partitive except in Finnish, where there is one accusative object of an inessive infinitive and two of adessive infinitives.

    2015, Aet Lees, Case Alternations in Five Finnic Languages: Estonian, Finnish, Karelian, Livonian and Veps, BRILL, →ISBN, page 272
nounadessive (plural adessives)

plural adessives

  1. grammarThe adessive case, or a word in that case.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Englishad-
  6. Englishessive
  7. Englishadessive

From ad- (“at”) + essive.

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Translations

Catalan adessiu, adessiu
  • adessiugrammar: of a case indicating adjacent location
  • adessiuthe adessive case, or a word in that case
Estonian alalütlev, adessiiv
  • alalütlevthe adessive case, or a word in that case
  • adessiivthe adessive case, or a word in that case
Finnish adessiivi, ulko-olento
  • adessiivithe adessive case, or a word in that case
  • ulko-olentothe adessive case, or a word in that case
German Adessiv
  • Adessivthe adessive case, or a word in that case
Hungarian adessivus
  • adessivusthe adessive case, or a word in that case
Italian adessivo
  • adessivothe adessive case, or a word in that case
Polish adesywny, adessivus
  • adesywnygrammar: of a case indicating adjacent location
  • adessivusthe adessive case, or a word in that case
Russian адесси́вный паде́ж, адесси́в
  • адесси́вный паде́ж (adɛssívnyj padéž)the adessive case, or a word in that case
  • адесси́в (adɛssív)the adessive case, or a word in that case
Swedish adessiv
  • adessivthe adessive case, or a word in that case

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with adessive

progressiveimpressiveaggressiveexcessivesuccessiveexpressiveobsessivedepressiveoppressiverepressivecompressiverecessiveimmunosuppressiveregressivepossessivesuppressiveautoregressiveunimpressiveantidepressivetransgressiveretrogressivepressiveprocessivedigressive
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Cite this entry
APA

adessive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adessive

MLA

“adessive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adessive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “adessive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/adessive.

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