ESSIVE


Meaning of ESSIVE in English

/es"iv/ , Gram.

adj.

1. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate a state of being.

n.

2. the essive case.

[ 1900-05; essivi ess ( e ) to be + -ivus -IVE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .