inessive

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adjective

Of or relating to the inessive case, a grammatical case that in some languages indicates the state of being in or inside a location.

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Meanings

adjectiveinessive (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegrammarOf or relating to the inessive case, a grammatical case that in some languages indicates the state of being in or inside a 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
nouninessive (plural inessives)

plural inessives

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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
incessive

Origin

From in- (“in”) + essive.

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Translations

Basque inesibo
  • inesiboof or relating to the inessive case
Bulgarian инеси́в
  • инеси́в (inesív)inessive case
Catalan inessiu, inessiu
  • inessiuof or relating to the inessive case
  • inessiuinessive case
Chinese Mandarin 內格 /内格
  • 內格 /内格 (nèigé)inessive case
Dutch inessief
  • inessiefinessive case
Estonian seesütlev, inessiivne
  • seesütlevof or relating to the inessive case
  • inessiivneof or relating to the inessive case
  • seesütlevinessive case
  • seesütlev kääneinessive case
  • inessiivinessive case
Finnish inessiivi-, inessiivinen
  • inessiivi-of or relating to the inessive case
  • inessiivinenof or relating to the inessive case
  • inessiiviinessive case
  • sisäolentoinessive case
French inessif, inessif
  • inessifof or relating to the inessive case
  • inessifinessive case
German Inessiv
  • Inessivinessive case
Hungarian inessivus
  • inessivusinessive case
Icelandic íverufall
  • íverufallinessive case
Irish ineiseach, tuiseal ineiseach
  • ineiseachof or relating to the inessive case
  • tuiseal ineiseachinessive case
Italian caso inessivo
  • caso inessivoinessive case
Japanese 内格, 内格
  • 内格 (naikaku)of or relating to the inessive case
  • 内格 (naikaku)inessive case
Polish w inessivusie, inessivus
  • w inessivusieof or relating to the inessive case
  • inessivusinessive case
Portuguese caso inessivo
  • caso inessivoinessive case
Russian инесси́вный, инесси́в
  • инесси́вный (inessívnyj)of or relating to the inessive case
  • инесси́в (inessív)inessive case
  • инесси́вный паде́ж (inessívnyj padéž)inessive case
Spanish inesivo, caso inesivo
  • inesivoof or relating to the inessive case
  • caso inesivoinessive case
Swedish inessiv
  • inessivinessive case
Welsh mewnfodol, mewnfodol
  • mewnfodolof or relating to the inessive case
  • mewnfodolinessive case

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with inessive

progressiveimpressiveaggressiveexcessivesuccessiveexpressiveobsessivedepressiveoppressiverepressivecompressiverecessiveimmunosuppressiveregressivepossessivesuppressiveautoregressiveunimpressiveantidepressivetransgressiveretrogressivepressiveprocessivedigressive
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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